chaoqin-li1123 commented on code in PR #45023:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/45023#discussion_r1520229021


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python/pyspark/sql/datasource.py:
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@@ -298,6 +320,133 @@ def read(self, partition: InputPartition) -> 
Iterator[Union[Tuple, Row]]:
         ...
 
 
+class DataSourceStreamReader(ABC):
+    """
+    A base class for streaming data source readers. Data source stream readers 
are responsible
+    for outputting data from a streaming data source.
+
+    .. versionadded: 4.0.0
+    """
+
+    def initialOffset(self) -> dict:
+        """
+        Return the initial offset of the streaming data source.
+        A new streaming query starts reading data from the initial offset.
+        If Spark is restarting an existing query, it will restart from the 
check-pointed offset
+        rather than the initial one.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        dict
+            A dict or recursive dict whose key and value are primitive types, 
which includes
+            Integer, String and Boolean.

Review Comment:
   It is just discouraged, list and float are also supposed to work.



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