Github user marmbrus commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1147#discussion_r15725487
  
    --- Diff: 
sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins.scala ---
    @@ -137,6 +137,185 @@ trait HashJoin {
     }
     
     /**
    + * Constant Value for Binary Join Node
    + */
    +object HashOuterJoin {
    +  val DUMMY_LIST = Seq[Row](null)
    +  val EMPTY_LIST = Seq[Row]()
    +}
    +
    +/**
    + * :: DeveloperApi ::
    + * Performs a hash based outer join for two child relations by shuffling 
the data using 
    + * the join keys. This operator requires loading the associated partition 
in both side into memory.
    + */
    +@DeveloperApi
    +case class HashOuterJoin(
    +    leftKeys: Seq[Expression],
    +    rightKeys: Seq[Expression],
    +    joinType: JoinType,
    +    condition: Option[Expression],
    +    left: SparkPlan,
    +    right: SparkPlan) extends BinaryNode {
    +
    +  override def outputPartitioning: Partitioning = left.outputPartitioning
    +
    +  override def requiredChildDistribution =
    +    ClusteredDistribution(leftKeys) :: ClusteredDistribution(rightKeys) :: 
Nil
    +
    +  def output = left.output ++ right.output
    +
    +  // TODO we need to rewrite all of the iterators with our own 
implementation instead of the Scala
    +  // iterator for performance purpose. 
    +
    +  private[this] def leftOuterIterator(
    +      key: Row, leftIter: Iterable[Row], rightIter: Iterable[Row]): 
Iterator[Row] = {
    +    val joinedRow = new JoinedRow()
    +    val rightNullRow = new GenericRow(right.output.length)
    +    val boundCondition = 
    +      condition.map(newPredicate(_, left.output ++ 
right.output)).getOrElse((row: Row) => true)
    +
    +    leftIter.iterator.flatMap { l => 
    +      joinedRow.withLeft(l)
    +      var matched = false
    +      (if (!key.anyNull) rightIter.collect { case r if 
(boundCondition(joinedRow.withRight(r))) => 
    +        matched = true
    +        joinedRow.copy
    +      } else {
    +        Nil
    +      }) ++ HashOuterJoin.DUMMY_LIST.filter(_ => !matched).map( _ => {
    +        // HashOuterJoin.DUMMY_LIST.filter(_ => !matched) is a tricky way 
to add additional row,
    --- End diff --
    
    Oh wow... thanks for the explanation.  That is even more subtle than I 
thought. 


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