refactor!: use namespace models directly for namespace operations (#2806)

1. Use generated models in lance-namespace for request response models
to avoid multiple layers of conversions
2. Make sure the API is consistent with the namespace spec
3. Deprecate the table_names API in favor of the list_tables API in
namespace that allows full pagination support without the need to have
sorted table names
4. Add describe_namespace API which was a miss in the original
implementation

python/python/tests/test_db.py

@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ def test_local_namespace_operations(tmp_path):
     db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
 
     # Test list_namespaces returns empty list for root namespace
-    namespaces = list(db.list_namespaces())
+    namespaces = db.list_namespaces().namespaces
     assert namespaces == []
 
     # Test list_namespaces with non-empty namespace raises NotImplementedError
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ def test_local_namespace_operations(tmp_path):
         NotImplementedError,
         match="Namespace operations are not supported for listing database",
     ):
-        list(db.list_namespaces(namespace=["test"]))
+        db.list_namespaces(namespace=["test"])
 
 
 def test_local_create_namespace_not_supported(tmp_path):

python/python/tests/test_namespace.py

@@ -279,13 +279,13 @@ class TestNamespaceConnection:
         db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
 
         # Initially no namespaces
-        assert len(list(db.list_namespaces())) == 0
+        assert len(db.list_namespaces().namespaces) == 0
 
         # Create a namespace
         db.create_namespace(["test_namespace"])
 
         # Verify namespace exists
-        namespaces = list(db.list_namespaces())
+        namespaces = db.list_namespaces().namespaces
         assert "test_namespace" in namespaces
         assert len(namespaces) == 1
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class TestNamespaceConnection:
         db.drop_namespace(["test_namespace"])
 
         # Verify namespace no longer exists
-        namespaces = list(db.list_namespaces())
+        namespaces = db.list_namespaces().namespaces
         assert len(namespaces) == 0
 
     def test_namespace_with_tables_cannot_be_dropped(self):
@@ -570,13 +570,13 @@ class TestAsyncNamespaceConnection:
 
         # Initially no namespaces
         namespaces = await db.list_namespaces()
-        assert len(list(namespaces)) == 0
+        assert len(namespaces.namespaces) == 0
 
         # Create a namespace
         await db.create_namespace(["test_namespace"])
 
         # Verify namespace exists
-        namespaces = list(await db.list_namespaces())
+        namespaces = (await db.list_namespaces()).namespaces
         assert "test_namespace" in namespaces
         assert len(namespaces) == 1
 
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ class TestAsyncNamespaceConnection:
         await db.drop_namespace(["test_namespace"])
 
         # Verify namespace no longer exists
-        namespaces = list(await db.list_namespaces())
+        namespaces = (await db.list_namespaces()).namespaces
         assert len(namespaces) == 0
 
     async def test_drop_all_tables_async(self):