Feature Support

The goal is that the python library will provide a functional, performant subset of the Java library. The initial focus has been on reading table metadata and provide a convenient CLI to go through the catalog.

Metadata

Operation	Java	Python
Get Schema	X	X
Get Snapshots	X	X
Plan Scan	X	X
Plan Scan for Snapshot	X	X
Update Current Snapshot	X
Create Table	X	X
Rename Table	X	X
Drop Table	X	X
Alter Table	X
Set Table Properties	X
Create Namespace	X	X
Drop Namespace	X	X
Set Namespace Properties	X	X

Types

The types are kept in pyiceberg.types.

Primitive types:

BooleanType
StringType
IntegerType
LongType
FloatType
DoubleType
DateType
TimeType
TimestampType
TimestamptzType
BinaryType
UUIDType

Complex types:

StructType
ListType
MapType
FixedType(16)
DecimalType(8, 3)

Expressions

The expressions are kept in pyiceberg.expressions.

IsNull
NotNull
IsNaN
NotNaN
In
NotIn
EqualTo
NotEqualTo
GreaterThanOrEqual
GreaterThan
LessThanOrEqual
LessThan
And
Or
Not