@@ -55,4 +55,16 @@ public class MetadataColumns {
   public static Set<Integer> metadataFieldIds() {
     return META_IDS;
   }
+
+  public static NestedField get(String name) {
+    return META_COLUMNS.get(name);
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isMetadataColumn(String name) {
+    return META_COLUMNS.containsKey(name);
+  }
+
+  public static boolean nonMetadataColumn(String name) {
+    return !META_COLUMNS.containsKey(name);
+  }
 }
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package org.apache.iceberg;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types;
import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.NestedField;

public class MetadataColumns {

  private MetadataColumns() {
  }

  // IDs Integer.MAX_VALUE - (1-100) are used for metadata columns
  public static final NestedField FILE_PATH = NestedField.required(
      Integer.MAX_VALUE - 1, "_file", Types.StringType.get(), "Path of the file in which a row is stored");
  public static final NestedField ROW_POSITION = NestedField.required(
      Integer.MAX_VALUE - 2, "_pos", Types.LongType.get(), "Ordinal position of a row in the source data file");

  // IDs Integer.MAX_VALUE - (101-200) are used for reserved columns
  public static final NestedField DELETE_FILE_PATH = NestedField.required(
      Integer.MAX_VALUE - 101, "file_path", Types.StringType.get(), "Path of a file in which a deleted row is stored");
  public static final NestedField DELETE_FILE_POS = NestedField.required(
      Integer.MAX_VALUE - 102, "pos", Types.LongType.get(), "Ordinal position of a deleted row in the data file");
  public static final int DELETE_FILE_ROW_FIELD_ID = Integer.MAX_VALUE - 103;
  public static final String DELETE_FILE_ROW_DOC = "Deleted row values";

  private static final Map<String, NestedField> META_COLUMNS = ImmutableMap.of(
      FILE_PATH.name(), FILE_PATH,
      ROW_POSITION.name(), ROW_POSITION);

  private static final Set<Integer> META_IDS = META_COLUMNS.values().stream().map(NestedField::fieldId)
      .collect(ImmutableSet.toImmutableSet());

  public static Set<Integer> metadataFieldIds() {
    return META_IDS;
  }
}

nit: should it be `isNonMetadataColumn` to indicate it is a boolean flag?