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Enrico Minack updated SPARK-30319:
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Fix Version/s: (was: 3.0.0)
> Adds a stricter version of as[T]
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> Key: SPARK-30319
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-30319
> Project: Spark
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: SQL
> Affects Versions: 2.4.4
> Reporter: Enrico Minack
> Priority: Major
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> The behaviour of as[T] is not intuitive when you read code like
> df.as[T].write.csv("data.csv"). The result depends on the actual schema of
> df, where def as[T](): Dataset[T] should be agnostic to the schema of df. The
> expected behaviour is not provided elsewhere:
> * Extra columns that are not part of the type {{T}} are not dropped.
> * Order of columns is not aligned with schema of {{T}}.
> * Columns are not cast to the types of {{T}}'s fields. They have to be cast
> explicitly.
> A method that enforces schema of T on a given Dataset would be very
> convenient and allows to articulate and guarantee above assumptions about
> your data with the native Spark Dataset API. This method plays a more
> explicit and enforcing role than as[T] with respect to columns, column order
> and column type.
> Possible naming of a stricter version of {{as[T]}}:
> * {{as[T](strict = true)}}
> * {{toDS[T]}} (as in {{toDF}})
> * {{selectAs[T]}} (as this is merely selecting the columns of schema {{T}})
> The naming {{toDS[T]}} is chosen here.
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