remove TableProvider in Python, update missing_exports function, doc

Author: kosiew

python/tests/test_wrapper_coverage.py

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 import datafusion.substrait
 import pytest
 
+
+IGNORED_EXPORTS = {"TableProvider"}
+
 # EnumType introduced in 3.11. 3.10 and prior it was called EnumMeta.
 try:
     from enum import EnumType
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ def missing_exports(internal_obj, wrapped_obj) -> None:  # noqa: C901
     - Raw* classes: Internal implementation details that shouldn't be exposed
     - _global_ctx: Internal implementation detail
     - __self__, __class__, __repr__: Python special attributes
+    - TableProvider: Superseded by the public ``Table`` API in Python
     """
     # Special case enums - EnumType overrides a some of the internal functions,
     # so check all of the values exist and move on
@@ -50,6 +54,10 @@ def missing_exports(internal_obj, wrapped_obj) -> None:  # noqa: C901
 
     for internal_attr_name in dir(internal_obj):
         wrapped_attr_name = internal_attr_name.removeprefix("Raw")
+
+        if wrapped_attr_name in IGNORED_EXPORTS:
+            continue
+
         assert wrapped_attr_name in dir(wrapped_obj)
 
         internal_attr = getattr(internal_obj, internal_attr_name)
@@ -71,6 +79,8 @@ def missing_exports(internal_obj, wrapped_obj) -> None:  # noqa: C901
             # We have cases like __all__ that are a list and we want to be certain that
             # every value in the list in the internal object is also in the wrapper list
             for val in internal_attr:
+                if isinstance(val, str) and val in IGNORED_EXPORTS:
+                    continue
                 if isinstance(val, str) and val.startswith("Raw"):
                     assert val[3:] in wrapped_attr
                 else: