I agree, it is valid to omit `typed_value` anywhere in the shredding schema, whether for an array element or object field (or at the top level, which would degenerate the column to being unshredded). The second sentence about value being required does not apply to objects: object fields can have an optional value even if there's no typed_value, since a missing value implies that the field doesn't exist in that object.
Thanks, David On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM Gábor Szádovszky <ga...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hey, > > Sorry if I bring up something that has already been discussed but I could > not find an answer to this. > > We have added the following to the spec of array shredding: > "The typed_value field may be omitted when not shredding elements as a > specific type. When typed_value is omitted, value must be required." > > But we did not do the same for objects. Is it deliberate? I think, > similarly to the array case, there is value to allow shredding an object > without shredding the value of some of its fields. > > Thanks, > Gabor
