TruncateTableCommand Logical Command

docs/SessionCatalog.md

@@ -313,3 +313,15 @@ registerFunction[T](
 * `CreateFunctionCommand` is executed
 * `RefreshFunctionCommand` is executed
 * `SessionCatalog` is requested to [resolvePersistentFunctionInternal](#resolvePersistentFunctionInternal)
+
+## Looking Up Table Metadata { #getTableMetadata }
+
+```scala
+getTableMetadata(
+  name: TableIdentifier): CatalogTable
+```
+
+`getTableMetadata` [getTableRawMetadata](#getTableRawMetadata) and replaces `CharType` and `VarcharType` field types with `StringType` in the table schema, recursively.
+
+!!! note "`CharType` and `VarcharType` Unsupported"
+    The Spark SQL query engine does not support char/varchar types yet.

docs/logical-operators/TruncateTableCommand.md

@@ -17,35 +17,47 @@ title: TruncateTableCommand
 
 * [ResolveSessionCatalog](../logical-analysis-rules/ResolveSessionCatalog.md) logical resolution rule is executed
 
-<!---
-=== [[run]] Executing Logical Command -- `run` Method
+## Executing Command { #run }
 
-[source, scala]
-----
-run(spark: SparkSession): Seq[Row]
-----
+??? note "RunnableCommand"
 
-NOTE: `run` is part of RunnableCommand.md#run[RunnableCommand Contract] to execute (_run_) a logical command.
+    ```scala
+    run(
+      spark: SparkSession): Seq[Row]
+    ```
 
-`run`...FIXME
+    `run` is part of the [RunnableCommand](RunnableCommand.md#run) abstraction.
 
-`run` throws an `AnalysisException` when executed on [external tables](../CatalogTable.md#tableType):
+`run` requests the given [SparkSession](../SparkSession.md) for the [SessionCatalog](../SessionState.md#catalog) (via [SessionState](../SparkSession.md#sessionState)).
 
-```text
-Operation not allowed: TRUNCATE TABLE on external tables: [tableIdentWithDB]
-```
+`run` requests the `SessionCatalog` for the [table metadata](../SessionCatalog.md#getTableMetadata) by the given [tableName](#tableName).
+
+`run` finds the paths of the partitions (if specified) or the main directory of the table and deletes them one by one, recursively.
+
+??? note "Uses Apache Hadoop to Delete Paths"
+    `run` uses Apache Hadoop's [FileSystem.delete]({{ hadoop.api }}/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.html#delete-org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path-boolean-) to delete the directories.
+
+Once deleted, `run` re-creates the paths (so they are empty directories), possibly re-creating their file permissions (based on the [spark.sql.truncateTable.ignorePermissionAcl.enabled](../configuration-properties.md#spark.sql.truncateTable.ignorePermissionAcl.enabled) configuration property).
 
-`run` throws an `AnalysisException` when executed on [views](../CatalogTable.md#tableType):
+??? note "Uses Apache Hadoop to Re-Create Paths"
+    `run` uses Apache Hadoop's [FileSystem.mkdirs]({{ hadoop.api }}/api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.html#mkdirs-org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path-) to re-create the directories.
+
+After deleting the data, `run` requests the [Catalog](../SparkSession.md#catalog) to [refresh the table](../Catalog.md#refreshTable) followed by [updating the table statistics](../CommandUtils.md#updateTableStats).
+
+`run` returns no `Row`s.
+
+### Exceptions
+
+`run` throws an `AnalysisException` when executed on [external tables](../CatalogTable.md#tableType):
 
 ```text
-Operation not allowed: TRUNCATE TABLE on views: [tableIdentWithDB]
+Operation not allowed: TRUNCATE TABLE on external tables: [tableIdentWithDB]
 ```
 
-`run` throws an `AnalysisException` when executed with <<partitionSpec, TablePartitionSpec>> on [non-partitioned tables](../CatalogTable.md#partitionColumnNames):
+`run` throws an `AnalysisException` when executed with the [TablePartitionSpec](#partitionSpec) on [non-partitioned tables](../CatalogTable.md#partitionColumnNames):
 
 ```text
 Operation not allowed: TRUNCATE TABLE ... PARTITION is not supported for tables that are not partitioned: [tableIdentWithDB]
 ```
 
-`run` throws an `AnalysisException` when executed with <<partitionSpec, TablePartitionSpec>> with filesource partition disabled or partition metadata not in a Hive metastore.
--->
+`run` throws an `AnalysisException` when executed with the [TablePartitionSpec](#partitionSpec) with filesource partition disabled or partition metadata not in a Hive metastore.