mingkangli-db opened a new pull request, #42463:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/42463

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   This PR changes the logic of SchemaConverter.scala of the Avro connector 
when it deals with unions of a single type. 
   
   In the existing implementation, there seems to be an inconsistency in how 
the Spark-Avro connector converts Avro schemas to Spark's StructType. For 
complex union types, the conversion seems to work fine, wrapping the type into 
a StructType. However, for primitive union types (like ["null", "string"]), the 
connector simply returns the primitive type (in this case, StringType) without 
wrapping it into a StructType. This behavior may result in an exception if we 
are expecting a StructType but encounter a primitive type instead, and some 
users might want a more consistent conversion behavior.
   
   For instance, for a type union["string", null], it now converts it to a 
StructType(StringType) in Spark instead of a StringType.
   Note: this PR is **not to be merged** as it alters the default behavior. A 
more appropriate method is to add a config and adopt the changes only if that 
config flag is on.
   
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