WIP implement prefer-client-side-metadata flag in RestCatalog

[louiszhuang]

Rationale for this change

Are these changes tested?

Are there any user-facing changes?

[ebyhr]

I heard "prefer-client-side-metadata" for the first time. Could you please elaborate on that in the PR description?

[kevinjqliu]

@louiszhuang do you mind explaining what the use cases is here?

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