Fokko commented on a change in pull request #26780: [SPARK-27506][SQL] Allow deserialization of Avro data using compatible schemas URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/26780#discussion_r356200877
########## File path: external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroFunctionsSuite.scala ########## @@ -153,4 +153,79 @@ class AvroFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession { assert(df.collect().map(_.get(0)) === Seq(Row("one"), Row("two"), Row("three"), Row("four"))) } } + + test("SPARK-27506: roundtrip in to_avro and from_avro with different compatible schemas") { + val df = spark.range(10).select( + struct('id.as("col1"), 'id.cast("string").as("col2")).as("struct") + ) + val avroStructDF = df.select(functions.to_avro('struct).as("avro")) + val actualAvroSchema = s""" + |{ + | "type": "record", + | "name": "struct", + | "fields": [ + | {"name": "col1", "type": "int"}, + | {"name": "col2", "type": "string"} + | ] + |} Review comment: I've also looked through the codebase of Spark, but it is rather incoherent. Please let me know if you want to change it, and I'll update it right away. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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