SparkSession.read returns a DataFrameReader. DataFrameReader supports a series of format, such as csv, json, text as you mentioned.
check API to find more details: + http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/scala/index.html#org .apache.spark.sql.SparkSession + http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/scala/index.html#org .apache.spark.sql.DataFrameReader On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 2:58 AM, George Obama <fjfb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I saw that the API, either R or Scala, we are returning DataFrame for > sparkSession.read.text() > > What’s the rational behind this? > > Regards, > George >
