Feature Request / Improvement

from #6772 (comment), also copied here:

We have different places for creating file path names,

• LocationProvider for data files
• TableOperations.metadataFileLocation for manifests and manifest lists
• catalog specific impl for metadata file location (e.g. BaseMetastoreTableOperations.newTableMetadataFilePath)

We should consolidate all the file path creations to LocationProvider if possible. Any thoughts? @rdblue @nastra @RussellSpitzer

This would also help us enforce things like object storage mode to not just data files but also metadata files.

Query engine

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