Github user rdblue commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/21306#discussion_r231707076
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sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalog/v2/TableChange.java ---
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+package org.apache.spark.sql.catalog.v2;
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataType;
+
+/**
+ * TableChange subclasses represent requested changes to a table. These
are passed to
+ * {@link TableCatalog#alterTable}. For example,
+ * <pre>
+ * import TableChange._
+ * val catalog = source.asInstanceOf[TableSupport].catalog()
+ * catalog.alterTable(ident,
+ * addColumn("x", IntegerType),
+ * renameColumn("a", "b"),
+ * deleteColumn("c")
+ * )
+ * </pre>
+ */
+public interface TableChange {
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@mccheah, our table format supports updating the partitioning of a table,
so I think it should be supported. But, this is intended to be an initial API
so I didn't want to block this on agreeing how to repartition a table.
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