[GitHub] [iceberg] stevenzwu commented on a diff in pull request #4925: API: Add view interfaces

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stevenzwu commented on code in PR #4925:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4925#discussion_r991712969


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api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/ViewVersion.java:
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+/*
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+ */
+
+package org.apache.iceberg.view;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * A version of the view at a point in time.
+ * <p>
+ * A version consists of a view metadata file.
+ * <p>
+ * Versions are created by view operations, like Create and Replace.
+ */
+public interface ViewVersion {

Review Comment:
   +1 Ryan's latest suggestion of `ViewDefinition`. It is the most intuitive name so far.



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