Github user srowen commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/23062#discussion_r234404845
--- Diff:
sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ScalaReflection.scala
---
@@ -788,12 +788,37 @@ object ScalaReflection extends ScalaReflection {
}
/**
- * Finds an accessible constructor with compatible parameters. This is a
more flexible search
- * than the exact matching algorithm in `Class.getConstructor`. The
first assignment-compatible
- * matching constructor is returned. Otherwise, it returns `None`.
+ * Finds an accessible constructor with compatible parameters. This is a
more flexible search than
+ * the exact matching algorithm in `Class.getConstructor`. The first
assignment-compatible
+ * matching constructor is returned if it exists. Otherwise, we check
for additional compatible
+ * constructors defined in the companion object as `apply` methods.
Otherwise, it returns `None`.
*/
- def findConstructor(cls: Class[_], paramTypes: Seq[Class[_]]):
Option[Constructor[_]] = {
- Option(ConstructorUtils.getMatchingAccessibleConstructor(cls,
paramTypes: _*))
+ def findConstructor(cls: Class[_], paramTypes: Seq[Class[_]]):
Option[Seq[AnyRef] => Any] = {
--- End diff --
Wouldn't the result also be AnyRef, if this produces an Object?
Is it not possible to write this with a type T for the class and its
result? maybe there's a reason.
---
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: reviews-h...@spark.apache.org
