Github user marmbrus commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/13727#discussion_r67575684
--- Diff:
sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameReader.scala ---
@@ -276,7 +267,45 @@ class DataFrameReader private[sql](sparkSession:
SparkSession) extends Logging {
* `spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord`): allows renaming the new field
having malformed string
* created by `PERMISSIVE` mode. This overrides
`spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord`.</li>
*
- * @since 1.6.0
+ * @since 1.4.0
+ */
+ def json(path: String): DataFrame = {
+ // This method ensures that calls that explicit need single argument
works, see SPARK-16009
+ json(Seq(path): _*)
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Loads a JSON file (one object per line) and returns the result as a
[[DataFrame]].
+ *
+ * This function goes through the input once to determine the input
schema. If you know the
+ * schema in advance, use the version that specifies the schema to avoid
the extra scan.
+ *
+ * You can set the following JSON-specific options to deal with
non-standard JSON files:
+ * <li>`primitivesAsString` (default `false`): infers all primitive
values as a string type</li>
+ * <li>`prefersDecimal` (default `false`): infers all floating-point
values as a decimal
+ * type. If the values do not fit in decimal, then it infers them as
doubles.</li>
+ * <li>`allowComments` (default `false`): ignores Java/C++ style comment
in JSON records</li>
+ * <li>`allowUnquotedFieldNames` (default `false`): allows unquoted JSON
field names</li>
+ * <li>`allowSingleQuotes` (default `true`): allows single quotes in
addition to double quotes
+ * </li>
+ * <li>`allowNumericLeadingZeros` (default `false`): allows leading
zeros in numbers
+ * (e.g. 00012)</li>
+ * <li>`allowBackslashEscapingAnyCharacter` (default `false`): allows
accepting quoting of all
+ * character using backslash quoting mechanism</li>
+ * <li>`mode` (default `PERMISSIVE`): allows a mode for dealing with
corrupt records
+ * during parsing.</li>
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>`PERMISSIVE` : sets other fields to `null` when it meets a
corrupted record, and puts the
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