api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/DeletedDataFileScanTask.java

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package org.apache.iceberg;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * A scan task for deletes generated by removing a data file from the table.
 * <p>
 * Note that all historical delete files added earlier must be applied while reading the data file.
 * This is required to output only those data records that were live when the data file was removed.
 * <p>
 * Suppose snapshot S1 contains data files F1, F2, F3. Then snapshot S2 adds a position delete file, D1,
 * that deletes records from F2 and snapshot S3 removes F2 entirely. A scan for changes generated by S3
 * should include the following task:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>DeletedDataFileScanTask(file=F2, existing-deletes=[D1], snapshot=S3)</li>
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 * Readers consuming these tasks should produce deleted records with metadata like change ordinal and
 * commit snapshot ID.
 */
public interface DeletedDataFileScanTask extends ChangelogScanTask, ContentScanTask<DataFile> {
  /**
   * A list of previously added {@link DeleteFile delete files} to apply when reading the data file in this task.
   *
   * @return a list of delete files to apply
   */
  List<DeleteFile> existingDeletes();

  @Override
  default ChangelogOperation operation() {
    return ChangelogOperation.DELETE;
  }
}