Github user kunalkhamar commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/16826#discussion_r103060505 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalog.scala --- @@ -1178,4 +1178,36 @@ class SessionCatalog( } } + /** + * Get an identical copy of the `SessionCatalog`. + * The temporary tables and function registry are retained. + * The table relation cache will not be populated. + * @note `externalCatalog` and `globalTempViewManager` are from shared state, don't need deep copy + * `FunctionResourceLoader` is effectively stateless, also does not need deep copy. + * All arguments passed in should be associated with a particular `SparkSession`. + */ + def copy( + conf: CatalystConf, + hadoopConf: Configuration, + functionRegistry: FunctionRegistry, + parser: ParserInterface): SessionCatalog = { + + val catalog = new SessionCatalog( + externalCatalog, + globalTempViewManager, + functionResourceLoader, + functionRegistry, + conf, + hadoopConf, + parser) + + synchronized { --- End diff -- Right, I should mention we decided to keep it `synchronized`. `catalog` is not yet accessible outside local scope.
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