rdblue commented on code in PR #5984:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/5984#discussion_r1014926208
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api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/IncrementalScan.java:
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@@ -21,6 +21,23 @@
/** API for configuring an incremental scan. */
public interface IncrementalScan<ThisT, T extends ScanTask, G extends
ScanTaskGroup<T>>
extends Scan<ThisT, T, G> {
+
+ /**
+ * Instructs this scan to look for changes starting from a particular
snapshot (inclusive).
+ *
+ * <p>If the start snapshot is not configured, it is defaulted to the oldest
ancestor of the end
+ * snapshot (inclusive).
+ *
+ * @param fromSnapshotId the start snapshot ID (inclusive)
+ * @param referenceName the ref used
+ * @return this for method chaining
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the start snapshot is not an ancestor
of the end snapshot
+ */
+ default ThisT fromSnapshotInclusive(long fromSnapshotId, String
referenceName) {
Review Comment:
@nastra, the distinction between a branch and a tag here is that a tag does
not change. It doesn't make sense to read incremental changes from a tag
because it is a fixed point in time.
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