Fokko commented on a change in pull request #26644: [SPARK-30004][SQL] Allow merge UserDefinedType into a native DataType URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/26644#discussion_r349918766
########## File path: sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/types/DataTypeSuite.scala ########## @@ -478,4 +483,33 @@ class DataTypeSuite extends SparkFunSuite { assert(result === expected) } + + test("SPARK-30004: Allow UserDefinedType to be merged into a standard DateType") { + class CustomXMLGregorianCalendarType extends UserDefinedType[XMLGregorianCalendar] { + override def sqlType: DataType = TimestampType + + override def serialize(obj: XMLGregorianCalendar): Any = + obj.toGregorianCalendar.getTimeInMillis * 1000 + + override def deserialize(datum: Any): XMLGregorianCalendar = { + val calendar = new GregorianCalendar + calendar.setTimeInMillis(datum.asInstanceOf[Long]) + DatatypeFactory.newInstance.newXMLGregorianCalendar(calendar) + } + + override def userClass: Class[XMLGregorianCalendar] = classOf[XMLGregorianCalendar] + + override private[sql] def jsonValue: JValue = "timestamp" + } + + val left = StructType( + StructField("a", TimestampType) :: Nil) + + // We should be able to merge these types since the + // CustomXMLGregorianCalendarType maps to a TimestampTypes + val right = StructType( + StructField("a", new CustomXMLGregorianCalendarType) :: Nil) + + assert(left.merge(right) === left) Review comment: The current implementation isn't symmetrical. So we can convert a UserDefinedType to a DateType, but not the other way around. I'm hesitant to add this functionality because I don't see any obvious applications. Please let me know if you think this should be added as well. I've added a test to check the opposite case as well, including some additional comments to clarify the idea and working. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: reviews-h...@spark.apache.org