Github user cloud-fan commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/2405#discussion_r17583846 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypes.scala --- @@ -68,36 +72,96 @@ case class GetItem(child: Expression, ordinal: Expression) extends Expression { } } } + + def containsNullList = child match { + case n: NestedArrayRecorder if n.isValid => n.containsNullList.drop(1) + case _ => Nil + } + + def innerDataType = child match { + case n: NestedArrayRecorder if n.isValid => n.innerDataType + case _ => dataType + } } /** - * Returns the value of fields in the Struct `child`. + * Returns the value of fields in the `child`. + * The type of `child` can be struct, or array of struct, + * or array of array of struct, or array of array ... of struct. */ -case class GetField(child: Expression, fieldName: String) extends UnaryExpression { +case class GetField(child: Expression, fieldName: String) extends UnaryExpression + with NestedArrayRecorder { + type EvaluatedType = Any - def dataType = field.dataType + def dataType = buildDataType(containsNullList, field.dataType) --- End diff -- use `def` or `lazy val`?
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