Expose table statistics in Table API

[findepi]

Follows https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4945 and https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/5021

[rdblue]

@findepi, I think this is too big to go in on its own. Can you split it into separate PRs for different parts?

[findepi]

@rdblue i have this split. https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4537 has already been reviewed.

[alexjo2144]

We need to remember to keep remove_orphan_files from deleting Statistics files

[findepi]

We need to remember to keep remove_orphan_files from deleting Statistics files

Thanks for reminding about this here. It's on my todo list, see eg https://github.com/trinodb/trino/pull/12317#discussion_r876044928

[findepi]

We need to remember to keep remove_orphan_files from deleting Statistics files

Fixed & test added.

[findepi]

Conflicting files .palantir/revapi.yml core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseSnapshot.java

ops.

[findepi]

Updated to the current state of https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/5021

[findepi]

Rebased after #5021 has been merged to make Conflicts disappear.

[findepi]

@rdblue please let me know if you have any comments.

[findepi]

Per https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4741#discussion_r966200811, I've shrunk the scope of this PR and extracted https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/5794 and also https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/5795 .

[rdblue]

Thanks, @findepi! I'll give this another look.

[findepi]

Thanks @rdblue . https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/5799 might be the easiest to start from.

[findepi]

@rdblue this is ready to review.

[rdblue]

Thanks, @findepi!

[findepi]

Thank you for the merge!