Add statistics update API

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

@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ default AppendFiles newFastAppend() {
    */
   DeleteFiles newDelete();
 
+  /**
+   * Create a new {@link UpdateTableStatistics update table statistics API} to add or remove statistics files in this table.
+   *
+   * @return a new {@link UpdateTableStatistics}
+   */
+  UpdateTableStatistics newUpdateTableStatistics();
+
   /**
    * Create a new {@link ExpireSnapshots expire API} to manage snapshots in this table.
    *

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

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * 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;
+
+/**
+ * API for adding or removing statistics files from a table.
+ */
+public interface UpdateTableStatistics extends PendingUpdate<Snapshot> {
+  /**
+   * Delete a statistics file path from the underlying table.
+   * <p>
+   * To remove a statistics file from the table, this path must equal a path in the table's metadata. Paths
+   * that are different but equivalent will not be removed. For example, file:/path/file.avro is
+   * equivalent to file:///path/file.avro, but would not remove the latter path from the table.
+   *
+   * @param path a fully-qualified file path to remove from the table
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  UpdateTableStatistics deleteStatisticsFile(CharSequence path);
+
+  /**
+   * Add a statistics file to the underlying table.
+   *
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  UpdateTableStatistics addStatisticsFile(StatisticsFile statisticsFile);
+}

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

@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ public DeleteFiles newDelete() {
     return delete;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public UpdateTableStatistics newUpdateTableStatistics() {
+    checkLastOperationCommitted("UpdateTableStatistics");
+    BaseUpdateTableStatistics updateStatistics = new BaseUpdateTableStatistics(transactionOps);
+    updates.add(updateStatistics);
+    return updateStatistics;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public ExpireSnapshots expireSnapshots() {
     checkLastOperationCommitted("ExpireSnapshots");

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

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*
+ * 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.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.ValidationException;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+
+/**
+ * {@link UpdateTableStatistics Update table statistics} implementation.
+ */
+class BaseUpdateTableStatistics extends SnapshotProducer<BaseUpdateTableStatistics> implements UpdateTableStatistics {
+
+  private final TableOperations ops;
+  private final SnapshotSummary.Builder summaryBuilder = SnapshotSummary.builder();
+  private final Set<String> removedStatisticsFiles = Sets.newHashSet();
+  private final Set<StatisticsFile> addedStatisticsFiles = Sets.newHashSet();
+
+  protected BaseUpdateTableStatistics(TableOperations ops) {
+    super(ops);
+    this.ops = ops;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected BaseUpdateTableStatistics self() {
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public UpdateTableStatistics deleteStatisticsFile(CharSequence path) {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(path, "path is null");
+    removedStatisticsFiles.add(path.toString());
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public UpdateTableStatistics addStatisticsFile(StatisticsFile statisticsFile) {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(statisticsFile, "statisticsFile is null");
+    addedStatisticsFiles.add(statisticsFile);
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BaseUpdateTableStatistics set(String property, String value) {
+    summaryBuilder.set(property, value);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void cleanUncommitted(Set<ManifestFile> committed) {
+    // TODO should i delete files pointed to by addedStatisticsFiles?
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String operation() {
+    return "update statistics";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Snapshot apply() {
+    TableMetadata base = refresh();
+    Long parentSnapshotId = base.currentSnapshot() != null ?
+        base.currentSnapshot().snapshotId() : null;
+    long sequenceNumber = base.nextSequenceNumber();
+
+    validate(base);
+
+    List<StatisticsFile> statisticsFiles = Lists.newArrayList();
+    if (base.currentSnapshot() != null && base.currentSnapshot().statisticsFiles() != null) {
+      base.currentSnapshot().statisticsFiles().forEach(statisticsFiles::add);
+    }
+    statisticsFiles.removeIf(statisticsFile -> removedStatisticsFiles.contains(statisticsFile.location()));
+    statisticsFiles.addAll(addedStatisticsFiles);
+
+    return new BaseSnapshot(ops.io(),
+        sequenceNumber, snapshotId(), parentSnapshotId, System.currentTimeMillis(), operation(), summary(base),
+        base.currentSchemaId(), base.currentSnapshot().manifestListLocation(), statisticsFiles);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void validate(TableMetadata currentMetadata) {
+    ValidationException.check(currentMetadata.formatVersion() >= 2,
+        "Table statistics are not supported in format version %s", currentMetadata.formatVersion());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected List<ManifestFile> apply(TableMetadata metadataToUpdate) {
+    // The method is not invoked, since apply() is overridden.
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected Map<String, String> summary() {
+    return summaryBuilder.build();
+  }
+}

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

@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ public DeleteFiles newDelete() {
     return wrapped.newDelete();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public UpdateTableStatistics newUpdateTableStatistics() {
+    return wrapped.newUpdateTableStatistics();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public ExpireSnapshots expireSnapshots() {
     return wrapped.expireSnapshots();

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

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ sequenceNumber, snapshotId(), parentSnapshotId, System.currentTimeMillis(), oper
   /**
    * Returns the snapshot summary from the implementation and updates totals.
    */
-  private Map<String, String> summary(TableMetadata previous) {
+  protected Map<String, String> summary(TableMetadata previous) {
     Map<String, String> summary = summary();
 
     if (summary == null) {