Github user HyukjinKwon commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/16351#discussion_r93230247 --- Diff: sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala --- @@ -215,84 +215,133 @@ private[csv] object CSVInferSchema { } private[csv] object CSVTypeCast { + // A `ValueConverter` is responsible for converting the given value to a desired type. + private type ValueConverter = String => Any /** - * Casts given string datum to specified type. - * Currently we do not support complex types (ArrayType, MapType, StructType). + * Create converters which cast each given string datum to each specified type in given schema. + * Currently, we do not support complex types (`ArrayType`, `MapType`, `StructType`). * - * For string types, this is simply the datum. For other types. + * For string types, this is simply the datum. + * For other types, this is converted into the value according to the type. * For other nullable types, returns null if it is null or equals to the value specified * in `nullValue` option. * - * @param datum string value - * @param name field name in schema. - * @param castType data type to cast `datum` into. - * @param nullable nullability for the field. + * @param schema schema that contains data types to cast the given value into. * @param options CSV options. */ - def castTo( + private[sql] def makeConverters( --- End diff -- Ops, I can remove this access modifier. Will remove it soon and the one below too.
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