> > This is because two objects are compared by "o1 != o2" instead of > "o1.equals(o2)" at > https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Row.scala#L408
Even equals(...) does not do what you want on the JVM: scala> Array(1,2).equals(Array(1,2)) res1: Boolean = false > (2) If (1) is expected, where is this behavior is described or defined? I > cannot find the description in the API document. > https://spark.apache.org/docs/1.6.1/api/java/org/apache/spark/sql/Row.html > > https://home.apache.org/~pwendell/spark-releases/spark-2.0.0-preview-docs/api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.sql.Row Pull requests for documentation welcome! > (3) If (3) is expected, is there any recommendation to write code of > equality of two Rows that have an Array or complex types (e.g. Map)? Internally for tests, we usually compare the string representation of the Row.
