sunchao commented on a change in pull request #35657:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/35657#discussion_r815013957
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File path:
sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/read/partitioning/Partitioning.java
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@@ -18,33 +18,26 @@
package org.apache.spark.sql.connector.read.partitioning;
import org.apache.spark.annotation.Evolving;
-import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.read.InputPartition;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.distributions.Distribution;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.expressions.SortOrder;
import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.read.SupportsReportPartitioning;
/**
* An interface to represent the output data partitioning for a data source,
which is returned by
- * {@link SupportsReportPartitioning#outputPartitioning()}. Note that this
should work
- * like a snapshot. Once created, it should be deterministic and always report
the same number of
- * partitions and the same "satisfy" result for a certain distribution.
+ * {@link SupportsReportPartitioning#outputPartitioning()}.
*
* @since 3.0.0
*/
@Evolving
public interface Partitioning {
/**
- * Returns the number of partitions(i.e., {@link InputPartition}s) the data
source outputs.
+ * Returns the distribution guarantee that the data source provides.
*/
- int numPartitions();
+ Distribution distribution();
Review comment:
This is a breaking change. To make it less disruptive, I can introduce a
new interface and mark this as deprecated, although in that way we may need to
add a new method in `SupportsReportPartitioning` or create another interface to
replace `SupportsReportPartitioning`.
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