Github user cloud-fan commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/7460#discussion_r34888271 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Row.scala --- @@ -364,18 +364,33 @@ trait Row extends Serializable { false } - protected def canEqual(other: Any) = { - // Note that InternalRow overrides canEqual. These two canEqual's together makes sure that - // comparing the external Row and InternalRow will always yield false. + /** + * Returns true if we can check equality for these 2 rows. + * Equality check between external row and internal row is not allowed. + * Here we do this check to prevent call `equals` on external row with internal row. + */ + protected def canEqual(other: Row) = { + // Note that `Row` is not only the interface of external row but also the parent + // of `InternalRow`, so we have to ensure `other` is not a internal row here to prevent + // call `equals` on external row with internal row. + // `InternalRow` overrides canEqual, and these two canEquals together makes sure that + // equality check between external Row and InternalRow will always fail. // In the future, InternalRow should not extend Row. In that case, we can remove these // canEqual methods. - other.isInstanceOf[Row] && !other.isInstanceOf[InternalRow] + !other.isInstanceOf[InternalRow] } override def equals(o: Any): Boolean = { - if (o == null || !canEqual(o)) return false - + if (!o.isInstanceOf[Row]) return false val other = o.asInstanceOf[Row] + + if (!canEqual(other)) { + throw new UnsupportedOperationException( + "cannot check equality between external and internal rows") + } + + if (other eq null) return false --- End diff -- finally figure out how to use `eq` to do null check here...
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