Github user davies commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/13065#discussion_r86423199 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/generators.scala --- @@ -63,6 +65,21 @@ trait Generator extends Expression { } /** + * A collection producing [[Generator]]. This trait provides a different path for code generation, + * by allowing code generation to return either an [[ArrayData]] or a [[MapData]] object. + */ +trait CollectionGenerator extends Generator { + /** The position of an element within the collection should also be returned. */ + def position: Boolean + + /** Rows will be inlined during generation. */ + def inline: Boolean + + /** The schema of the returned collection object. */ + def collectionSchema: DataType = dataType +} --- End diff -- +1 for collectionType
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