[Feature] Support File Index writing

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#173 opened on Aug 3, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

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Motivation

Paimon C++ currently supports reading File Indexes but does not generate them through the table write path.

Solution

Align File Index functionality and index format with Java Paimon.
Design the C++ File Index writer interfaces and integrate File Index generation into the table write path.

Anything else?

This is a sub-issue of #158.

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