[WIP] [core] Introduce BLOB_REF for shared blob data#7602
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I found a few runtime gaps where BLOB_REF support is still incomplete.
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Purpose
This PR introduces
BLOB_REFfor sharing blob data across tables without duplicating payloads in Paimon-managed storage.Changes
BLOB_REFtype and wire it through API, format, Arrow, Flink, Spark and Hive type conversionsBLOB_REFvalues asBlobReferencemetadata instead of inline blob payloadsfieldIdto blob references for better schema evolution compatibility during fallback lookupInternalRowToSizeVisitorBLOB_REFin schema validation, since read-time resolution currently only supports top-levelBLOB_REFTesting
Passed:
mvn -pl paimon-common -am -DfailIfNoTests=false -Dcheckstyle.skip -Dspotless.check.skip -Denforcer.skip -Dtest=BlobReferenceTest,BlobReferenceBlobTest,InternalRowToSizeVisitorTest test