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Created on: 28/Oct/18 21:44
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Work Description: amaliujia edited a comment on issue #6861: [BEAM-5884]
support null values in Array and Map.
URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/6861#issuecomment-433744006
Yes. It is adding `ARRAY<NULLABLE<T>>`, and `NULLABLE<ARRAY<T>>` exists in
current Beam implementation as a nullable flag of `Field`.
The reason I think container type should has `nullable`, is there is a
difference between `NULLABLE<ARRAY<T>>` (which is a flag in `Array Field`) and
`ARRAY<NULLABLE<T>>` (which is flag for container type `T`).
It's two difference concepts:
1. `ARRAY` as a field (or type) can be `null`. E.g. `a null array`.
2. `ARRAY element type` can be `null`. E.g. `array<int32>(1, 2, null, 3,
null)`.
So there could be a `not nullable ARRAY` field with a `nullable element
type`, which is not a conflict.
I also think both nullable flag has use cases:
1. messages ingested from message queue contains `null` for `Array Field`.
2. In the intermediate stages, it generates `null` for `array element`.
In this PR, I make `not nullable` as the default setting.
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Worklog Id: (was: 159774)
Time Spent: 2h 50m (was: 2h 40m)
> Allow nested types have null value.
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> Key: BEAM-5884
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-5884
> Project: Beam
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: dsl-sql
> Reporter: Rui Wang
> Assignee: Rui Wang
> Priority: Major
> Time Spent: 2h 50m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> We could allow arbitrary combination of nested types have null value.
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