[Feature Request][Kernel] Support getting snapshot by version id

[vkorukanti]

Feature request

Which Delta project/connector is this regarding?

• [ ] Spark
• [ ] Standalone
• [ ] Flink
• [x] Kernel
• [ ] Other (fill in here)

Overview

Currently Kernel only supports reading the latest snapshot in a table (API here) This task is to add support for fetching a snapshot by version id.

interface Table
{
  /**
   * Get the snapshot with given {@code versionId}.
   */
  Snapshot getSnapshotAtVersion(long versionId)
}

Willingness to contribute

The Delta Lake Community encourages new feature contributions. Would you or another member of your organization be willing to contribute an implementation of this feature?

• [ ] Yes. I can contribute this feature independently.
• [ ] Yes. I would be willing to contribute this feature with guidance from the Delta Lake community.
• [x] No. I cannot contribute this feature at this time.

[Silverlight42]

Hello! Can I offer to help with this task?