rangadi commented on code in PR #40686:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/40686#discussion_r1181136862
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connector/protobuf/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/protobuf/utils/ProtobufOptions.scala:
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@@ -46,6 +46,42 @@ private[sql] class ProtobufOptions(
// record has more depth than the allowed value for recursive fields, it
will be truncated
// and corresponding fields are ignored (dropped).
val recursiveFieldMaxDepth: Int =
parameters.getOrElse("recursive.fields.max.depth", "-1").toInt
+
+ // For fields without presence information, there is ambiguity in serialized
protos
+ // as to whether the field was never written or was written with its zero
value.
+ // This is because such fields are not serialized if they contain their zero
value.
+ // This includes most fields in proto3.
+ // Ref: https://protobuf.dev/programming-guides/field_presence
+ // https://protobuf.dev/programming-guides/field_presence/
+ // #presence-in-tag-value-stream-wire-format-serialization
+ //
+ // By default, this library deserializes both cases as null. However, this
flag can
+ // choose to explicitly deserialize them as the zero value for the type, as
+ // libraries in some other will languages do.
+ //
+ // For example, if we have a proto like
+ // ```
+ // syntax = "proto3";
+ // message Person {
+ // string name = 1;
+ // int64 age = 2;
Review Comment:
Update this to add two more fields:
```
optional string middle_name = 3
optional int id = 4;
```
And update the setter to `Person(name="", id=0)` and list the resulting
value with and without the flag. I think that covers all the cases.
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