@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ public class IcebergGenerics {
       this.tableScan = table.newScan();
     }
 
+    public TableScan getTableScan() {
+      return tableScan;
+    }
+
     public ScanBuilder reuseContainers() {
       this.reuseContainers = true;
       return this;
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package org.apache.iceberg.data;

import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
import org.apache.iceberg.TableScan;
import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expression;
import org.apache.iceberg.io.CloseableIterable;
import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

public class IcebergGenerics {
  private IcebergGenerics() {
  }

  /**
   * Returns a builder to configure a read of the given table that produces generic records.
   *
   * @param table an Iceberg table
   * @return a builder to configure the scan
   */
  public static ScanBuilder read(Table table) {
    return new ScanBuilder(table);
  }

  public static class ScanBuilder {
    private TableScan tableScan;
    private boolean reuseContainers = false;

    public ScanBuilder(Table table) {
      this.tableScan = table.newScan();
    }

    public ScanBuilder reuseContainers() {
      this.reuseContainers = true;
      return this;
    }

    public ScanBuilder where(Expression rowFilter) {
      this.tableScan = tableScan.filter(rowFilter);
      return this;
    }

    public ScanBuilder caseInsensitive() {
      this.tableScan = tableScan.caseSensitive(false);
      return this;
    }

    public ScanBuilder select(String... selectedColumns) {
      this.tableScan = tableScan.select(ImmutableList.copyOf(selectedColumns));
      return this;
    }

    public ScanBuilder useSnapshot(long scanSnapshotId) {
      this.tableScan = tableScan.useSnapshot(scanSnapshotId);
      return this;
    }

    public ScanBuilder asOfTime(long scanTimestampMillis) {
      this.tableScan = tableScan.asOfTime(scanTimestampMillis);
      return this;
    }

    public ScanBuilder appendsBetween(long fromSnapshotId, long toSnapshotId) {
      this.tableScan = tableScan.appendsBetween(fromSnapshotId, toSnapshotId);
      return this;
    }

    public ScanBuilder appendsAfter(long fromSnapshotId) {
      this.tableScan = tableScan.appendsAfter(fromSnapshotId);
      return this;
    }

    public CloseableIterable<Record> build() {
      return new TableScanIterable(
          tableScan,
          reuseContainers
      );
    }
  }
}

This seems odd to me at first glance. What is the motivation for this change? Apologies if it becomes obvious later, i am early in my review