[Improvement] Read the latest scheme for an external Lance table via the location when loading it
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Description
### What would you like to be improved?
Currently, the Lance table in Lakehouse generic support properties `external`, that is
- `true` means the location is not fully managed by the Gravitino server, and Users can access the location directly without using Gravitino API
- `false` means that the location is only managed and accessible by the Gravitino server.
For a lance table with `external = true`, **we need to access the location to get the latest metadata when trying to load the table.**
### How should we improve?
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing the Lance table loading path and how the external generic support property is read. Follow how table metadata is obtained from the configured location, then verify that loading an external Lance table observes the latest metadata rather than only server-managed state.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- data-engineering, databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100