Table Operations: Added streaming update operation

This operation allows adding multiple consecutive update in a single commit without equality deletes from prior updates affecting inserts that occurred after it.

Before this commit you would  need to do something like this:
```
for batch in batches:
    delta = transaction.newRowDelta()
    delta.add(batch.deletes)
    delta.add(batch.inserts)
    delta.commit()
transaction.commit()
```
Which produces many manifest files and is very IO intensive.

This operation allows:
```
update = table.newStreamingUpdate()
for batch, batchIndex in enumerate(batches):
    update.newBatch()
    update.add(batch.deleteFiles)
    update.add(batch.dataFiles)
update.commit()
```

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

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.iceberg;
+
+import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.ValidationException;
+import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expression;
+
+/**
+ * API for appending sequential updates to a table
+ *
+ * <p>This API accumulates batches of file additions and deletions by order, produces a new {@link
+ * Snapshot} of the changes where each batch is added to a new data sequence number, and commits
+ * that snapshot as the current.
+ *
+ * <p>When committing, these changes will be applied to the latest table snapshot. Commit conflicts
+ * will be resolved by applying the changes to the new latest snapshot and reattempting the commit.
+ * If any of the deleted files are no longer in the latest snapshot when reattempting, the commit
+ * will throw a {@link ValidationException}.
+ */
+public interface StreamingUpdate extends SnapshotUpdate<StreamingUpdate> {
+
+  /**
+   * Start a new batch of changes. The changes in this batch will have a sequence number larger than
+   * the changes in the previous batches.
+   *
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  default StreamingUpdate newBatch() {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        this.getClass().getName() + " does not implement newBatch");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add a new data file to the current batch. All files in this batch will receive the same data
+   * sequence number.
+   *
+   * @param dataFile a new data file
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  default StreamingUpdate addFile(DataFile dataFile) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        this.getClass().getName() + " does not implement addFile");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add a new delete file to the current batch. All files in this batch will receive the same data
+   * sequence number.
+   *
+   * @param deleteFile a new delete file
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  default StreamingUpdate addFile(DeleteFile deleteFile) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        this.getClass().getName() + " does not implement addFile");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the snapshot ID used in any reads for this operation.
+   *
+   * <p>Validations will check changes after this snapshot ID. If the from snapshot is not set, all
+   * ancestor snapshots through the table's initial snapshot are validated.
+   *
+   * @param snapshotId a snapshot ID
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  StreamingUpdate validateFromSnapshot(long snapshotId);
+
+  /**
+   * Sets a conflict detection filter used to validate concurrently added data and delete files.
+   *
+   * <p>If not called, a true literal will be used as the conflict detection filter.
+   *
+   * @param conflictDetectionFilter an expression on rows in the table
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  StreamingUpdate conflictDetectionFilter(Expression conflictDetectionFilter);
+
+  /**
+   * Enables validation that data files added concurrently do not conflict with this commit's
+   * operation.
+   *
+   * <p>This method should be called when the table is queried to determine which files to
+   * delete/append. If a concurrent operation commits a new file after the data was read and that
+   * file might contain rows matching the specified conflict detection filter, this operation will
+   * detect this during retries and fail.
+   *
+   * <p>Calling this method is required to maintain serializable isolation for update/delete
+   * operations. Otherwise, the isolation level will be snapshot isolation.
+   *
+   * <p>Validation uses the conflict detection filter passed to {@link
+   * #conflictDetectionFilter(Expression)} and applies to operations that happened after the
+   * snapshot passed to {@link #validateFromSnapshot(long)}.
+   *
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  StreamingUpdate validateNoConflictingDataFiles();
+
+  /**
+   * Enables validation that delete files added concurrently do not conflict with this commit's
+   * operation.
+   *
+   * <p>This method must be called when the table is queried to produce a row delta for UPDATE and
+   * MERGE operations independently of the isolation level. Calling this method isn't required for
+   * DELETE operations as it is OK to delete a record that is also deleted concurrently.
+   *
+   * <p>Validation uses the conflict detection filter passed to {@link
+   * #conflictDetectionFilter(Expression)} and applies to operations that happened after the
+   * snapshot passed to {@link #validateFromSnapshot(long)}.
+   *
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  StreamingUpdate validateNoConflictingDeleteFiles();
+}

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

@@ -233,6 +233,17 @@ default AppendFiles newFastAppend() {
    */
   RewriteFiles newRewrite();
 
+  /**
+   * Create a new {@link StreamingUpdate streaming update API} to append sequential upserts to the
+   * table.
+   *
+   * @return a new {@link StreamingUpdate}
+   */
+  default StreamingUpdate newStreamingUpdate() {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        this.getClass().getName() + " doesn't implement newStreamingUpdate()");
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a new {@link RewriteManifests rewrite manifests API} to replace manifests for this table
    * and commit.

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

@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ default AppendFiles newFastAppend() {
    */
   RewriteFiles newRewrite();
 
+  /**
+   * Create a new {@link StreamingUpdate streaming update API} to append sequential upserts to the
+   * table.
+   *
+   * @return a new {@link StreamingUpdate}
+   */
+  default StreamingUpdate newStreamingUpdate() {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        this.getClass().getName() + " doesn't implement newStreamingUpdate()");
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a new {@link RewriteManifests rewrite manifests API} to replace manifests for this
    * table.

core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseReadOnlyTable.java

@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ public RewriteFiles newRewrite() {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot rewrite in a " + descriptor + " table");
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public StreamingUpdate newStreamingUpdate() {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot update a " + descriptor + " table");
+  }
+
   @Override
   public RewriteManifests rewriteManifests() {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException(

core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseStreamingUpdate.java

@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.iceberg;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expression;
+import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expressions;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import org.apache.iceberg.util.SnapshotUtil;
+
+class BaseStreamingUpdate extends MergingSnapshotProducer<StreamingUpdate>
+    implements StreamingUpdate {
+  private final List<Batch> batches = Lists.newArrayList();
+
+  private boolean requiresApply = true;
+  private Long startingSnapshotId = null; // check all versions by default
+
+  private Expression conflictDetectionFilter = Expressions.alwaysTrue();
+  private boolean validateNewDataFiles;
+  private boolean validateNewDeleteFiles;
+
+  BaseStreamingUpdate(String tableName, TableOperations ops) {
+    super(tableName, ops);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected BaseStreamingUpdate self() {
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String operation() {
+    return DataOperations.OVERWRITE;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected long nextSnapshotSequenceNumber(TableMetadata base) {
+    if (batches.isEmpty()) {
+      return super.nextSnapshotSequenceNumber(base);
+    }
+    // Each batch will advance the data sequence number by one, so we should advance the snapshot by
+    // the same amount.
+    // Otherwise, we will end up with data files with a sequence number larger than the snapshot
+    // sequence number.
+    return super.nextSnapshotSequenceNumber(base) + batches.size() - 1;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<ManifestFile> apply(TableMetadata base, Snapshot snapshot) {
+    if (requiresApply && !batches.isEmpty()) {
+      long startingSequenceNumber = base.nextSequenceNumber();
+      int batchIndex = 0;
+      while (batchIndex < batches.size()) {
+        Batch batch = batches.get(batchIndex);
+        long dataSequenceNumber = startingSequenceNumber + batchIndex;
+        batch.getNewDataFiles().forEach(f -> add(f, dataSequenceNumber));
+        batch.getNewDeleteFiles().forEach(f -> add(f, dataSequenceNumber));
+        batchIndex += 1;
+      }
+      requiresApply = false;
+    }
+    return super.apply(base, snapshot);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public StreamingUpdate newBatch() {
+    if (batches.isEmpty() || !batches.get(batches.size() - 1).isEmpty()) {
+      // Only add a new batch if the there isn't one or there is one, and it's not empty
+      // Otherwise, we will have empty batches.
+      batches.add(new Batch());
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public StreamingUpdate addFile(DataFile dataFile) {
+    getBatch().add(dataFile);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public StreamingUpdate addFile(DeleteFile deleteFile) {
+    getBatch().add(deleteFile);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  private Batch getBatch() {
+    if (batches.isEmpty()) {
+      newBatch();
+    }
+    return batches.get(batches.size() - 1);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BaseStreamingUpdate toBranch(String branch) {
+    targetBranch(branch);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void cleanUncommitted(Set<ManifestFile> committed) {
+    // This is called when the commit fails and the caches are cleared, reset the state here so
+    // calling apply again will re-add the files
+    requiresApply = true;
+    super.cleanUncommitted(committed);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public StreamingUpdate validateFromSnapshot(long snapshotId) {
+    this.startingSnapshotId = snapshotId;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BaseStreamingUpdate conflictDetectionFilter(Expression conflictDetectionFilter) {
+    this.conflictDetectionFilter = conflictDetectionFilter;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BaseStreamingUpdate validateNoConflictingDataFiles() {
+    this.validateNewDataFiles = true;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BaseStreamingUpdate validateNoConflictingDeleteFiles() {
+    this.validateNewDeleteFiles = true;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void validate(TableMetadata base, Snapshot parent) {
+    if (parent != null) {
+      if (startingSnapshotId != null) {
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(
+            SnapshotUtil.isAncestorOf(parent.snapshotId(), startingSnapshotId, base::snapshot),
+            "Snapshot %s is not an ancestor of %s",
+            startingSnapshotId,
+            parent.snapshotId());
+      }
+
+      if (validateNewDataFiles) {
+        validateAddedDataFiles(base, startingSnapshotId, conflictDetectionFilter, parent);
+      }
+
+      if (validateNewDeleteFiles) {
+        validateNoNewDeleteFiles(base, startingSnapshotId, conflictDetectionFilter, parent);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class Batch {
+    private final List<DataFile> newDataFiles = Lists.newArrayList();
+    private final List<DeleteFile> newDeleteFiles = Lists.newArrayList();
+
+    /** Creates a new set of updates to a specific batch */
+    Batch() {}
+
+    void add(DataFile dataFile) {
+      newDataFiles.add(dataFile);
+    }
+
+    void add(DeleteFile deleteFile) {
+      newDeleteFiles.add(deleteFile);
+    }
+
+    List<DataFile> getNewDataFiles() {
+      return newDataFiles;
+    }
+
+    List<DeleteFile> getNewDeleteFiles() {
+      return newDeleteFiles;
+    }
+
+    boolean isEmpty() {
+      return newDataFiles.isEmpty() && newDeleteFiles.isEmpty();
+    }
+  }
+}

core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseTable.java

@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ public RewriteFiles newRewrite() {
     return new BaseRewriteFiles(name, ops).reportWith(reporter);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public StreamingUpdate newStreamingUpdate() {
+    return new BaseStreamingUpdate(name, ops).reportWith(reporter);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public RewriteManifests rewriteManifests() {
     return new BaseRewriteManifests(ops).reportWith(reporter);