expose a interface to get reader builder

crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub struct ArrowReaderBuilder {
 
 impl ArrowReaderBuilder {
     /// Create a new ArrowReaderBuilder
-    pub fn new(file_io: FileIO, table_metadata: TableMetadataRef) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(file_io: FileIO, table_metadata: TableMetadataRef) -> Self {
         ArrowReaderBuilder {
             batch_size: None,
             file_io,

crates/iceberg/src/scan.rs

@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ mod tests {
         let string_arr = col.as_any().downcast_ref::<StringArray>().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(string_arr.value(0), "Apache");
     }
-    
+
     #[test]
     fn test_file_scan_task_serialize_deserialize() {
         let test_fn = |task: FileScanTask| {

crates/iceberg/src/table.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 // under the License.
 
 //! Table API for Apache Iceberg
+use crate::arrow::ArrowReaderBuilder;
 use crate::io::FileIO;
 use crate::scan::TableScanBuilder;
 use crate::spec::{TableMetadata, TableMetadataRef};
@@ -70,6 +71,11 @@ impl Table {
     pub fn readonly(&self) -> bool {
         self.readonly
     }
+
+    /// Create a reader for the table.
+    pub fn reader_builder(&self) -> ArrowReaderBuilder {
+        ArrowReaderBuilder::new(self.file_io.clone(), self.metadata_ref())
+    }
 }
 
 /// `StaticTable` is a read-only table struct that can be created from a metadata file or from `TableMetaData` without a catalog.
@@ -138,6 +144,11 @@ impl StaticTable {
     pub fn into_table(self) -> Table {
         self.0
     }
+
+    /// Create a reader for the table.
+    pub fn reader_builder(&self) -> ArrowReaderBuilder {
+        ArrowReaderBuilder::new(self.0.file_io.clone(), self.metadata())
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]