Hi All, --Spark built with *tags/v2.4.0-rc2*
Consider following DataSourceReader implementation: public class MyDataSourceReader implements DataSourceReader, SupportsScanColumnarBatch { StructType schema = null; Map<String, String> options; public MyDataSourceReader(Map<String, String> options) { System.out.println("MyDataSourceReader.MyDataSourceReader: Instantiated...." + this); this.options = options; } @Override public List<InputPartition<ColumnarBatch>> planBatchInputPartitions() { //variable this.schema is null here since readSchema() was called on a different instance System.out.println("MyDataSourceReader.planBatchInputPartitions: " + this + " schema: " + this.schema); //more logic...... return null; } @Override public StructType readSchema() { //some logic to discover schema this.schema = (new StructType()) .add("col1", "int") .add("col2", "string"); System.out.println("MyDataSourceReader.readSchema: " + this + " schema: " + this.schema); return this.schema; } } 1) First readSchema() is called on MyDataSourceReader@instance1 which sets class variable schema. 2) Now when planBatchInputPartitions() is called, it is being called on a different instance of MyDataSourceReader and hence I am not getting the value of schema in method planBatchInputPartitions(). How can I get value of schema which was set in readSchema() method, in planBatchInputPartitions() method? Console Logs: scala> mysource.executeQuery("select * from movie").show MyDataSourceReader.MyDataSourceReader: Instantiated....MyDataSourceReader@59ea8f1b MyDataSourceReader.readSchema: MyDataSourceReader@59ea8f1b schema: StructType(StructField(col1,IntegerType,true), StructField(col2,StringType,true)) MyDataSourceReader.MyDataSourceReader: Instantiated....MyDataSourceReader@a3cd3ff MyDataSourceReader.planBatchInputPartitions: MyDataSourceReader@a3cd3ff schema: null Thanks, Shubham