[Feature] Support hidden partition like Iceberg
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Description
### Search before asking
- [X] I searched in the [issues](https://github.com/apache/paimon/issues) and found nothing similar.
### Motivation
Iceberg's hidden partition is easy to use which prevents user mistakes that cause silently incorrect results or extremely slow queries.
And partition key can be transformed from existed column.
### Solution
_No response_
### Anything else?
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### Are you willing to submit a PR?
- [X] I'm willing to submit a PR!
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Research direction
No source files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by reviewing how Paimon currently defines partition keys and compare that behavior with Iceberg's hidden partition concept; done means the requested hidden-partition support is specified and implemented with coverage for transforming an existing column.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- data-engineering, databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100