[GitHub] [spark] wmoustafa commented on a diff in pull request #37556: [SPARK-39799][SQL] DataSourceV2: View catalog interface

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wmoustafa commented on code in PR #37556:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/37556#discussion_r1013611947


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sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/catalog/View.java:
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+package org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.spark.annotation.DeveloperApi;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType;
+
+/**
+ * An interface representing a persisted view.
+ */
+@DeveloperApi
+public interface View {
+  /**
+   * A name to identify this view.
+   */
+  String name();
+
+  /**
+   * The view query SQL text.
+   */
+  String sql();
+
+  /**
+   * The current catalog when the view is created.
+   */
+  String currentCatalog();
+
+  /**
+   * The current namespace when the view is created.
+   */
+  String[] currentNamespace();
+
+  /**
+   * The schema for the SQL text when the view is created.
+   */
+  StructType schema();
+
+  /**
+   * The view column aliases.
+   */
+  String[] columnAliases();
+

Review Comment:
   Could you please clarify how this method is being used? By checking the umbrella PR, (#28147), it does not look like it is used either.



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