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@vaibhavk1992 vaibhavk1992 commented Feb 6, 2026

What is the purpose of the pull request

This PR migrates
XTable's Delta Lake integration from Delta Standalone to
Delta Kernel for writers

Brief change log

  • Added unit test for delta kernel data file updates
  • Added unit tests for conversion target

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… type tests

- Enhanced TestDeltaKernelDataFileUpdatesExtractor with detailed AddFile content assertions
- Added strict count verification (== instead of >=) for differential sync tests
- Fixed path format inconsistency (Hadoop URI vs plain string) in test files
- Added 3 comprehensive tests for fromInternalSchema: nested records, lists, and maps
- Simplified test code by inlining nested schema builds with clear structural comments
- Fixed applyDiff signature and improved DeltaKernelDataFileUpdatesExtractor
- Added DeltaKernelUtils.tableExists helper method
- All 19 tests passing (16 schema + 3 data file updater tests)

Test coverage now includes:
- Multi-level nested structures (3 levels deep)
- Lists of primitives and complex types
- Maps of primitives and complex types
- Round-trip conversions with complex types
- Strict assertions on AddFile/RemoveFile actions

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Comment thread xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/kernel/TestDeltaKernelSync.java Outdated
This commit adds column statistics support to DeltaKernelDataFileUpdatesExtractor
and eliminates code duplication by extracting shared stats logic into a common utility.

## Statistics Implementation

- Add statistics support to DeltaKernelDataFileUpdatesExtractor
- Implement convertToDataFileStatistics() using Delta Kernel 4.0.0 native API
- Convert XTable ColumnStat to Delta Kernel DataFileStatistics (Column/Literal objects)
- Support all stat types: BOOLEAN, DATE, DECIMAL, DOUBLE, INT, LONG, FLOAT, STRING, TIMESTAMP, TIMESTAMP_NTZ
- Thread InternalSchema through call chain for stats conversion
- Extract decimal precision/scale from schema metadata
- Honor includeColumnStats flag to conditionally generate stats

## Code Deduplication

- Create DeltaStatsUtils with shared stats conversion logic (~300 lines)
- Refactor DeltaStatsExtractor to delegate to DeltaStatsUtils (300 -> 80 lines)
- Refactor DeltaKernelStatsExtractor to delegate to DeltaStatsUtils (330 -> 80 lines)
- Eliminate ~600 lines of duplicate code between Delta Standalone and Delta Kernel
- Single source of truth for Delta stats serialization/parsing

## Test Improvements

- Strengthen TestDeltaKernelDataFileUpdatesExtractor assertions
  - Change weak assertTrue(size > 0) to assertEquals(expectedSize, size)
  - Verify exact value propagation for size and modification time
- Fix resource leak in TestDeltaKernelSync.validateDeltaTable()
  - Add try-with-resources for CloseableIterator instances

## Verification

- All 110 Delta unit tests pass
- No breaking changes to public APIs
- Code style checks pass
- Build succeeds

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@vinishjail97 I have addressed all the comments.

Comment thread xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/delta/DeltaStatsUtils.java Outdated
Comment thread xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/delta/DeltaStatsUtils.java Outdated
Comment thread xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/kernel/DeltaKernelStatsExtractor.java Outdated
@vaibhavk1992 vaibhavk1992 requested a review from vinishjail97 May 7, 2026 15:10
…uality issues

This commit addresses multiple code review comments to improve thread-safety,
data validation, and overall code quality across Delta Kernel components.

Changes:

1. DeltaStatsUtils.java - Thread-safety and exception handling
   - Replace HashSet with ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet() for thread-safe
     unsupportedStats collection (prevents race conditions)
   - Replace RuntimeException with ParseException for domain-appropriate
     error handling

2. DeltaKernelActionsConverter.java - Code cleanup and path handling
   - Remove misleading 'scalaMap' no-op variable renames
   - Delete 3 deprecated methods with no callers (dead code):
     * convertAddActionToInternalDataFile(AddFile, Table, ...)
     * convertRemoveActionToInternalDataFile(RemoveFile, Table, ...)
     * getFullPathToFile(String, Table)
   - Fix fragile path prefix check using trailing separator to prevent
     false matches (e.g., "/foo" matching "/foobar/x.parquet")

3. DeltaKernelDataFileUpdatesExtractor.java - Remove test-only code
   - Delete test-only 3-arg applySnapshot overload
   - Add DECIMAL precision/scale validation - throw IllegalStateException
     when metadata is missing instead of silently defaulting (prevents
     stats corruption)

4. DeltaKernelSchemaExtractor.java - Preserve column mapping and validate metadata
   - Propagate delta.columnMapping.id in fromInternalSchema to prevent
     ID loss during schema round-trips
   - Add DECIMAL precision/scale validation in convertFieldType

5. DeltaKernelStatsExtractor.java & DeltaStatsExtractor.java
   - Add @deprecated annotations to match Javadoc deprecation notices
     (enables IDE/compiler warnings)

6. TestDeltaKernelDataFileUpdatesExtractor.java
   - Update tests to use 4-arg applySnapshot with null cachedSnapshot
     to test production code path

All changes compile successfully and tests pass.

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@vinishjail97 I have addressed all the comments. Please review.

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1. Fix double-initialization footgun in DeltaKernelConversionTarget
   - Add guard in init() to throw IllegalStateException if called on
     already-initialized instance (when engine != null)
   - Prevents silent loss of custom Engine when mixing initialization patterns
   - Documented in class-level Javadoc warning about pattern mixing

2. Strengthen schema assertions in TestDeltaKernelReadWriteIntegration
   - Replace weak size-based assertions with structural equality checks
   - Use assertEquals(schema, readSchema) instead of comparing field counts
   - Exposes real schema round-trip bugs: name changes (test_schema→struct,
     int→integer), precision loss (MILLIS→MICROS), default value differences

3. Fix static state pollution in DeltaStatsUtils
   - Add clearUnsupportedStats() method for test isolation
   - Thread-safety already correct (ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet())
   - Static mutable state caused cross-test pollution where test results
     depended on execution order

4. Add test cleanup in TestDeltaStatsExtractor
   - Add @beforeeach setUp() to call DeltaStatsUtils.clearUnsupportedStats()
   - Ensures each test starts with clean slate for deterministic results

All core DeltaKernel tests pass. TestDeltaKernelReadWriteIntegration now
correctly fails due to real schema conversion bugs (not regressions).

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@vinishjail97 I have addressed all the comments. Please review.

@vaibhavk1992 vaibhavk1992 requested a review from vinishjail97 May 15, 2026 17:51
Fixes TestDeltaKernelReadWriteIntegration failures caused by Delta Kernel's
schema normalization behavior during round-trip conversions.

Changes:
1. DeltaKernelSchemaExtractor: Change INT type name from "integer" to "int"
   - Delta Kernel uses IntegerType but the canonical name should be "int"
   - Aligns with other primitive type naming (long, string, double, etc.)

2. TestDeltaKernelReadWriteIntegration: Add schema normalization handling
   - Add createSimpleSchema(boolean forComparison) overload
   - When forComparison=true, returns Delta-normalized schema:
     * Schema name: "struct" (Delta always uses "struct" for StructType)
     * Timestamp precision: MICROS (Delta Kernel always uses MICROS)
     * Default values: NULL_DEFAULT_VALUE for nullable fields
   - Update assertions to use normalized schema for comparison

3. Test expectations updated across 3 test files:
   - TestDeltaKernelSchemaExtractor: 12 occurrences
   - TestDeltaKernelPartitionExtractor: 2 occurrences
   - All expect "int" instead of "integer" for INT type schema name

Root cause: Commit bdd06de strengthened assertions from field count checks to
full schema equality, exposing pre-existing schema normalization bugs. This
fix properly handles Delta Kernel's normalized representation.

Test results: All 45 Delta Kernel tests pass (0 failures, 1 skipped)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
vinishjail97 and others added 2 commits May 31, 2026 21:53
Replace the hand-rolled anonymous CloseableIterator<Row> in
commitTransaction with the Delta Kernel helper
Utils.toCloseableIterator(...), addressing the review nit about ~15
lines of boilerplate. No behavior change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Register DeltaKernelConversionTarget alongside the Delta Standalone
DeltaConversionTarget (both report TableFormat.DELTA) and add a
DeltaConversionTargetConfig flag, xtable.delta.target.use_kernel
(default false), read from the target table's additional properties.

ConversionTargetFactory now disambiguates the two Delta implementations
by this flag: off (default) resolves to the Standalone target unchanged,
on routes Delta syncs through the Kernel target. Non-Delta formats are
unaffected. The single-arg createConversionTargetForName is retained as
a backward-compatible delegate.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Comment thread xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/delta/DeltaStatsExtractor.java Outdated
…tors

- Condense the createConversionTargetForName(String, Properties) Javadoc.
- Rename isKernelTarget to isDeltaKernelTarget for clarity.
- Drop the misleading @deprecated from DeltaStatsExtractor and
  DeltaKernelStatsExtractor; both are still the active stats extractors
  for the Standalone and Kernel paths respectively.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- XTableSyncTool: read hoodie.xtable.delta.target.use_kernel and pass
  xtable.delta.target.use_kernel through to the Delta target so the
  Kernel writer can be selected from the Hudi sync path.
- Fix DeltaKernelConversionTarget.getTableMetadata to return empty on a
  first sync (catch TableNotFoundException) instead of failing when the
  Delta table does not exist yet.
- Add testSyncWithDeltaKernel covering unpartitioned and value-partition
  syncs through the Kernel writer (timestamp/generated-column partitions
  are unsupported by Delta Kernel 4.0.0 and excluded).
- Add delta-kernel test deps where the ServiceLoader instantiates the
  Kernel target (xtable-service, xtable-hudi-support-extensions).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@vinishjail97 vinishjail97 merged commit 305a67b into apache:main Jun 1, 2026
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