[Feature] add uuid as the table unique identity
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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
Can paimon add a table attribute uuid as the table unique identity.
A UUID that identifies the table, generated when the table is created.
Implementations must throw an exception if a table's UUID does not match the expected UUID after refreshing metadata.
So far, can only use catalog name + database name + table name + table create time to generate unique identifiers.
In the OLAP scenario, getting the create time spent a lot of time.
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### Are you willing to submit a PR?
- [ ] I'm willing to submit a PR!
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the table-creation and metadata-refresh paths, then determine how a generated UUID would be stored, exposed, and validated against the expected identity after refresh.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100