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Please keep the discussion on the mailing list rather than commenting on the wiki (wiki discussions get unwieldy fast).

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Currently, the statistical dimensions used by the optimizer include row count, ndv(number fo distinct value), null count, max length, min length, max value and min value.[4] The file count, file size (which can be easily get from file system) is not used in the planner now, we can improve this later.

/**
 * Extension of {@linkinput DecodingFormat}format which is able to report estimated statistics for FileSystem
 * connector.
 */
@PublicEvolving
public interface FileBasedStatisticsReportableDecodingFormat<I> extends DecodingFormat<I>FileBasedStatisticsReportableInputFormat {

    /**
     * Returns the estimated statistics of this {@linkinput DecodingFormat}format.
     *
     * @param files The files to be estimated.
     * @param producedDataType the final output type of the format.
     */
    TableStats reportStatistics(List<Path> files, DataType producedDataType);
}

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