szehon-ho commented on a change in pull request #2983: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/2983#discussion_r691710569
########## File path: spark3/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/Spark3Util.java ########## @@ -755,6 +755,26 @@ private static String sqlString(org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Literal<?> lit) { return null; } + /** + * Returns an Iceberg Table by its name from a Spark V2 Catalog + * + * @param spark SparkSession used for looking up catalog references and tables + * @param name The multipart identifier of the Iceberg table + * @return an Iceberg table + */ + public static org.apache.iceberg.Table loadIcebergTable(SparkSession spark, String name) + throws ParseException, NoSuchTableException { + CatalogAndIdentifier catalogAndIdentifier = catalogAndIdentifier(spark, name); + + CatalogPlugin catalog = catalogAndIdentifier.catalog; + Preconditions.checkArgument(catalog instanceof BaseCatalog, "Catalog %s(%s) is not an Iceberg Catalog", + catalog.name(), catalog.getClass().toString()); + BaseCatalog baseCatalog = (BaseCatalog) catalogAndIdentifier.catalog; + + Table sparkTable = baseCatalog.loadTable(catalogAndIdentifier.identifier); + return toIcebergTable(sparkTable); Review comment: I see, could be left to the user then (and note in javadoc)? It seems its easy for caller to call refresh() if they want. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@iceberg.apache.org