alibaba · lszskye · Jun 5, 2026 · Jun 9, 2026 · Jun 9, 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
diff --git a/include/paimon/catalog/catalog.h b/include/paimon/catalog/catalog.h
@@ -169,8 +169,9 @@ class PAIMON_EXPORT Catalog {
     /// @note This does not check whether the table actually exists.
     ///
     /// @param identifier The table identifier containing database and table name.
-    /// @return A string representing the expected location of the table.
-    virtual std::string GetTableLocation(const Identifier& identifier) const = 0;
+    /// @return A result containing the expected location of the table, or an error status on
+    /// failure.
+    virtual Result<std::string> GetTableLocation(const Identifier& identifier) const = 0;
 
     /// Returns the root path of the catalog.
     ///

diff --git a/include/paimon/defs.h b/include/paimon/defs.h
@@ -390,7 +390,13 @@ struct PAIMON_EXPORT Options {
     /// "blob-external-storage-path" - The external storage path where raw BLOB data from fields
     /// configured by 'blob-external-storage-field' is written at write time. Orphan file cleanup is
     /// not applied to this path. No default value.
+    /// @note: this option differs from the Java paimon and will be deprecated once
+    /// RestCatalog is supported.
     static const char BLOB_EXTERNAL_STORAGE_PATH[];
+    /// "blob-view-upstream-warehouse" - Since the catalog capabilities are partially missing, when
+    /// Blob View is enabled, cpp paimon cannot automatically obtain the upstream table warehouse
+    /// path and requires manual configuration by the user. No default value.
+    static const char BLOB_VIEW_UPSTREAM_WAREHOUSE[];
     /// "global-index.enabled" - Whether to enable global index for scan. Default value is "true".
     static const char GLOBAL_INDEX_ENABLED[];
     /// "global-index.thread-num" - The maximum number of concurrent scanner for global index. No

diff --git a/include/paimon/executor.h b/include/paimon/executor.h
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ class PAIMON_EXPORT Executor {
 
     /// Shutdown the executor immediately, discarding all pending tasks.
     virtual void ShutdownNow() = 0;
+
+    /// Get thread number.
+    virtual uint32_t GetThreadNum() const = 0;
 };
 
 }  // namespace paimon
diff --git a/src/paimon/common/data/blob_utils.cpp b/src/paimon/common/data/blob_utils.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "fmt/format.h"
 #include "paimon/common/data/blob_defs.h"
 #include "paimon/common/data/blob_descriptor.h"
+#include "paimon/common/data/blob_view_struct.h"
 #include "paimon/common/types/data_field.h"
 #include "paimon/common/utils/arrow/status_utils.h"
 #include "paimon/common/utils/string_utils.h"
@@ -127,16 +128,18 @@ std::shared_ptr<arrow::Field> BlobUtils::ToArrowField(
                         std::make_shared<arrow::KeyValueMetadata>(metadata));
 }
 
-Status BlobUtils::ValidateInlineBlobDescriptors(
-    const std::shared_ptr<arrow::StructArray>& struct_array,
-    const std::set<std::string>& inline_descriptor_fields) {
-    if (inline_descriptor_fields.empty()) {
+Status BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(const std::shared_ptr<arrow::StructArray>& struct_array,
+                                           const std::set<std::string>& field_names,
+                                           const std::string& config_label) {
+    if (field_names.empty()) {
         return Status::OK();
     }
     if (!struct_array) {
-        return Status::Invalid("array in ValidateInlineBlobDescriptors must be a struct_array");
+        return Status::Invalid("array in ValidateBlobInlineFields must be a struct_array");
     }
-    for (const auto& field_name : inline_descriptor_fields) {
+
+    bool is_descriptor = (config_label == "blob-descriptor-field");
+    for (const auto& field_name : field_names) {
         auto field_array = struct_array->GetFieldByName(field_name);
         if (!field_array) {
             continue;
@@ -152,12 +155,13 @@ Status BlobUtils::ValidateInlineBlobDescriptors(
                 continue;
             }
             auto value = binary_array->GetView(row);
-            PAIMON_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(bool is_descriptor,
-                                   BlobDescriptor::IsBlobDescriptor(value.data(), value.size()));
-            if (!is_descriptor) {
+            Result<bool> valid = is_descriptor
+                                     ? BlobDescriptor::IsBlobDescriptor(value.data(), value.size())
+                                     : BlobViewStruct::IsBlobViewStruct(value.data(), value.size());
+            PAIMON_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(bool is_valid, std::move(valid));
+            if (!is_valid) {
                 return Status::Invalid(fmt::format(
-                    "BLOB inline field {} configured by blob-descriptor-field or blob-view-field "
-                    "require values to be a BlobDescriptor or BlobViewStruct.",
+                    "BLOB inline field {} require values to be set as corresponding type.",
                     field_name));
             }
         }

diff --git a/src/paimon/common/data/blob_utils.h b/src/paimon/common/data/blob_utils.h
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ class PAIMON_EXPORT BlobUtils {
         const std::string& field_name, bool nullable = false,
         std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> metadata = {});
 
-    static Status ValidateInlineBlobDescriptors(
-        const std::shared_ptr<arrow::StructArray>& struct_array,
-        const std::set<std::string>& inline_descriptor_fields);
+    static Status ValidateBlobInlineFields(const std::shared_ptr<arrow::StructArray>& struct_array,
+                                           const std::set<std::string>& field_names,
+                                           const std::string& config_label);
 
     /// Converts inline blob DataFields from large_binary to binary type.
     /// Inline blob fields use large_binary in the table schema (because they are BLOB type),

diff --git a/src/paimon/common/data/blob_utils_test.cpp b/src/paimon/common/data/blob_utils_test.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 #include "arrow/api.h"
 #include "arrow/c/bridge.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "paimon/catalog/identifier.h"
 #include "paimon/common/data/blob_defs.h"
 #include "paimon/common/data/blob_descriptor.h"
+#include "paimon/common/data/blob_view_struct.h"
 #include "paimon/common/types/data_field.h"
 #include "paimon/data/blob.h"
 #include "paimon/memory/memory_pool.h"
@@ -29,44 +31,47 @@
 namespace paimon::test {
 
 class BlobUtilsTest : public ::testing::Test {
- private:
+ public:
     std::shared_ptr<arrow::KeyValueMetadata> CreateBlobMetadata() {
         std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> blob_metadata_map = {
             {BlobDefs::kExtensionTypeKey, BlobDefs::kExtensionTypeValue}};
         return std::make_shared<arrow::KeyValueMetadata>(blob_metadata_map);
     }
+
+ private:
+    std::shared_ptr<MemoryPool> pool_ = GetDefaultPool();
 };
 
 TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, IsBlobMetadata) {
     auto correct_metadata = CreateBlobMetadata();
-    EXPECT_TRUE(BlobUtils::IsBlobMetadata(correct_metadata));
-    EXPECT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobMetadata(nullptr));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(BlobUtils::IsBlobMetadata(correct_metadata));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobMetadata(nullptr));
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> wrong_metadata_map = {
         {BlobDefs::kExtensionTypeKey, "paimon.type.varchar"}};
     auto wrong_metadata = std::make_shared<arrow::KeyValueMetadata>(wrong_metadata_map);
-    EXPECT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobMetadata(wrong_metadata));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobMetadata(wrong_metadata));
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> no_extension_metadata_map = {
         {"other_key", BlobDefs::kExtensionTypeValue}};
     auto no_extension_metadata =
         std::make_shared<arrow::KeyValueMetadata>(no_extension_metadata_map);
-    EXPECT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobMetadata(no_extension_metadata));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobMetadata(no_extension_metadata));
 }
 
 TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, IsBlobField) {
     std::shared_ptr<arrow::Field> blob_field = BlobUtils::ToArrowField("f1", true);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(BlobUtils::IsBlobField(blob_field));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(BlobUtils::IsBlobField(blob_field));
 
     auto int_field = arrow::field("i_int", arrow::int32());
-    EXPECT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobField(int_field));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobField(int_field));
 
     auto binary_field_no_meta = arrow::field("b_no_meta", arrow::large_binary());
-    EXPECT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobField(binary_field_no_meta));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobField(binary_field_no_meta));
 
     auto wrong_meta = std::make_shared<arrow::KeyValueMetadata>(
         std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>{{"other_key", "value"}});
     auto binary_field_wrong_meta =
         arrow::field("b_wrong_meta", arrow::large_binary(), false, wrong_meta);
-    EXPECT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobField(binary_field_wrong_meta));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(BlobUtils::IsBlobField(binary_field_wrong_meta));
 }
 
 TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, SeparateBlobSchema) {
@@ -233,7 +238,7 @@ TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateInlineBlobDescriptorsEmptyFields) {
     auto struct_array =
         arrow::StructArray::Make({array}, {BlobUtils::ToArrowField("b0")}).ValueOrDie();
     auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
-    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateInlineBlobDescriptors(sa, {}));
+    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {}, "blob-descriptor-field"));
 }
 
 TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateInlineBlobDescriptorsFieldNotPresent) {
@@ -245,22 +250,21 @@ TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateInlineBlobDescriptorsFieldNotPresent) {
         arrow::StructArray::Make({int_array}, {arrow::field("f0", arrow::int32())}).ValueOrDie();
     auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
     // "b0" does not exist in the struct -> should pass
-    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateInlineBlobDescriptors(sa, {"b0"}));
+    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {"b0"}, "blob-descriptor-field"));
 }
 
 TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateInlineBlobDescriptorsWithValidDescriptor) {
     // Valid BlobDescriptor bytes -> OK
-    auto pool = GetDefaultPool();
     ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto descriptor, BlobDescriptor::Create("file:///tmp/test.bin", 0, 100));
-    auto serialized = descriptor->Serialize(pool);
+    auto serialized = descriptor->Serialize(pool_);
 
     arrow::LargeBinaryBuilder builder;
     ASSERT_TRUE(builder.Append(serialized->data(), serialized->size()).ok());
     auto blob_array = builder.Finish().ValueOrDie();
     auto struct_array =
         arrow::StructArray::Make({blob_array}, {BlobUtils::ToArrowField("b0")}).ValueOrDie();
     auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
-    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateInlineBlobDescriptors(sa, {"b0"}));
+    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {"b0"}, "blob-descriptor-field"));
 }
 
 TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateInlineBlobDescriptorsWithNullValue) {
@@ -271,7 +275,7 @@ TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateInlineBlobDescriptorsWithNullValue) {
     auto struct_array =
         arrow::StructArray::Make({blob_array}, {BlobUtils::ToArrowField("b0")}).ValueOrDie();
     auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
-    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateInlineBlobDescriptors(sa, {"b0"}));
+    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {"b0"}, "blob-descriptor-field"));
 }
 
 TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateInlineBlobDescriptorsWithRawBytes) {
@@ -282,36 +286,29 @@ TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateInlineBlobDescriptorsWithRawBytes) {
     auto struct_array =
         arrow::StructArray::Make({blob_array}, {BlobUtils::ToArrowField("b0")}).ValueOrDie();
     auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
-    ASSERT_NOK_WITH_MSG(
-        BlobUtils::ValidateInlineBlobDescriptors(sa, {"b0"}),
-        "BLOB inline field b0 configured by blob-descriptor-field or blob-view-field "
-        "require values to be a BlobDescriptor or BlobViewStruct.");
+    ASSERT_NOK_WITH_MSG(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {"b0"}, "blob-descriptor-field"),
+                        "BLOB inline field b0 require values to be set as corresponding type.");
 }
 
 TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateInlineBlobDescriptorsMixedValidAndInvalid) {
     // First row is valid descriptor, second row is raw bytes -> error on row 1
-    auto pool = GetDefaultPool();
     ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto descriptor, BlobDescriptor::Create("file:///tmp/test.bin", 0, 100));
-    auto serialized = descriptor->Serialize(pool);
-
+    auto serialized = descriptor->Serialize(pool_);
     arrow::LargeBinaryBuilder builder;
     ASSERT_TRUE(builder.Append(serialized->data(), serialized->size()).ok());
     ASSERT_TRUE(builder.Append("raw_bytes_not_descriptor").ok());
     auto blob_array = builder.Finish().ValueOrDie();
     auto struct_array =
         arrow::StructArray::Make({blob_array}, {BlobUtils::ToArrowField("b0")}).ValueOrDie();
     auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
-    ASSERT_NOK_WITH_MSG(
-        BlobUtils::ValidateInlineBlobDescriptors(sa, {"b0"}),
-        "BLOB inline field b0 configured by blob-descriptor-field or blob-view-field "
-        "require values to be a BlobDescriptor or BlobViewStruct.");
+    ASSERT_NOK_WITH_MSG(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {"b0"}, "blob-descriptor-field"),
+                        "BLOB inline field b0 require values to be set as corresponding type.");
 }
 
 TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateInlineBlobDescriptorsMultipleFields) {
     // Two inline fields: b0 is valid, b1 has raw bytes -> error on b1
-    auto pool = GetDefaultPool();
     ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto descriptor, BlobDescriptor::Create("file:///tmp/test.bin", 0, 100));
-    auto serialized = descriptor->Serialize(pool);
+    auto serialized = descriptor->Serialize(pool_);
 
     arrow::LargeBinaryBuilder b0_builder;
     ASSERT_TRUE(b0_builder.Append(serialized->data(), serialized->size()).ok());
@@ -327,9 +324,83 @@ TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateInlineBlobDescriptorsMultipleFields) {
             .ValueOrDie();
     auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
     ASSERT_NOK_WITH_MSG(
-        BlobUtils::ValidateInlineBlobDescriptors(sa, {"b0", "b1"}),
-        "BLOB inline field b1 configured by blob-descriptor-field or blob-view-field "
-        "require values to be a BlobDescriptor or BlobViewStruct.");
+        BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {"b0", "b1"}, "blob-descriptor-field"),
+        "BLOB inline field b1 require values to be set as corresponding type.");
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateBlobViewFieldsEmptyFields) {
+    // Empty view_fields -> always OK
+    arrow::LargeBinaryBuilder builder;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(builder.Append("random_data").ok());
+    auto array = builder.Finish().ValueOrDie();
+    auto struct_array =
+        arrow::StructArray::Make({array}, {BlobUtils::ToArrowField("view")}).ValueOrDie();
+    auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
+    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {}, "blob-view-field"));
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateBlobViewFieldsFieldNotPresent) {
+    // Field not in struct_array -> skip, OK
+    arrow::Int32Builder int_builder;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(int_builder.Append(42).ok());
+    auto int_array = int_builder.Finish().ValueOrDie();
+    auto struct_array =
+        arrow::StructArray::Make({int_array}, {arrow::field("f0", arrow::int32())}).ValueOrDie();
+    auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
+    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {"view"}, "blob-view-field"));
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateBlobViewFieldsWithValidViewStruct) {
+    // A BlobViewStruct value is accepted for a view field.
+    BlobViewStruct view_struct(Identifier("db", "tbl"), /*field_id=*/2, /*row_id=*/5);
+    auto serialized = view_struct.Serialize(pool_);
+
+    arrow::LargeBinaryBuilder builder;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(builder.Append(serialized->data(), serialized->size()).ok());
+    auto blob_array = builder.Finish().ValueOrDie();
+    auto struct_array =
+        arrow::StructArray::Make({blob_array}, {BlobUtils::ToArrowField("view")}).ValueOrDie();
+    auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
+    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {"view"}, "blob-view-field"));
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateBlobViewFieldsWithNullValue) {
+    // Null values in view column -> skip, OK
+    arrow::LargeBinaryBuilder builder;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(builder.AppendNull().ok());
+    auto blob_array = builder.Finish().ValueOrDie();
+    auto struct_array =
+        arrow::StructArray::Make({blob_array}, {BlobUtils::ToArrowField("view")}).ValueOrDie();
+    auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
+    ASSERT_OK(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {"view"}, "blob-view-field"));
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateBlobViewFieldsWithRawBytes) {
+    // Raw bytes -> error
+    arrow::LargeBinaryBuilder builder;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(builder.Append("raw_bytes_not_view").ok());
+    auto blob_array = builder.Finish().ValueOrDie();
+    auto struct_array =
+        arrow::StructArray::Make({blob_array}, {BlobUtils::ToArrowField("view")}).ValueOrDie();
+    auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
+    ASSERT_NOK_WITH_MSG(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {"view"}, "blob-view-field"),
+                        "BLOB inline field view require values to be set as corresponding type.");
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, ValidateBlobViewFieldsRejectsBlobDescriptor) {
+    // A BlobDescriptor value is NOT accepted for a view field.
+    auto pool = GetDefaultPool();
+    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto descriptor, BlobDescriptor::Create("file:///tmp/test.bin", 0, 100));
+    auto serialized = descriptor->Serialize(pool);
+
+    arrow::LargeBinaryBuilder builder;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(builder.Append(serialized->data(), serialized->size()).ok());
+    auto blob_array = builder.Finish().ValueOrDie();
+    auto struct_array =
+        arrow::StructArray::Make({blob_array}, {BlobUtils::ToArrowField("view")}).ValueOrDie();
+    auto sa = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<arrow::StructArray>(struct_array);
+    ASSERT_NOK_WITH_MSG(BlobUtils::ValidateBlobInlineFields(sa, {"view"}, "blob-view-field"),
+                        "BLOB inline field view require values to be set as corresponding type.");
 }
 
 TEST_F(BlobUtilsTest, TestConvertBlobInlineDataFields) {

diff --git a/src/paimon/common/data/blob_view_struct_test.cpp b/src/paimon/common/data/blob_view_struct_test.cpp
@@ -106,4 +106,50 @@ TEST_F(BlobViewStructTest, TestEqual) {
     }
 }
 
+TEST_F(BlobViewStructTest, TestIsBlobViewStructValid) {
+    auto serialized = view_struct_.Serialize(pool_);
+    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(bool result,
+                         BlobViewStruct::IsBlobViewStruct(serialized->data(), serialized->size()));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(result);
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlobViewStructTest, TestIsBlobViewStructWithTooShortBuffer) {
+    // Buffer shorter than 9 bytes should return false
+    std::vector<char> short_buffer = {0x02, 0x43, 0x53, 0x45, 0x44, 0x42, 0x4F, 0x4C};
+    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(
+        bool result, BlobViewStruct::IsBlobViewStruct(short_buffer.data(), short_buffer.size()));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(result);
+
+    // Empty buffer
+    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(bool empty_result, BlobViewStruct::IsBlobViewStruct(nullptr, 0));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(empty_result);
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlobViewStructTest, TestIsBlobViewStructWithFutureVersion) {
+    // Version > CURRENT_VERSION should return false (not an error)
+    auto serialized = view_struct_.Serialize(pool_);
+    (*serialized)[0] = '\x02';  // set version to 2 (> CURRENT_VERSION)
+    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(bool result,
+                         BlobViewStruct::IsBlobViewStruct(serialized->data(), serialized->size()));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(result);
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlobViewStructTest, TestIsBlobViewStructWithWrongMagic) {
+    // Wrong magic number should return false
+    auto serialized = view_struct_.Serialize(pool_);
+    // Corrupt the magic bytes (bytes 1-8)
+    (*serialized)[1] = '\x00';
+    (*serialized)[2] = '\x00';
+    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(bool result,
+                         BlobViewStruct::IsBlobViewStruct(serialized->data(), serialized->size()));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(result);
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlobViewStructTest, TestIsBlobViewStructWithRandomData) {
+    // Random data that doesn't match format
+    std::vector<char> random_data = {0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09};
+    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(bool result,
+                         BlobViewStruct::IsBlobViewStruct(random_data.data(), random_data.size()));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(result);
+}
 }  // namespace paimon::test