Github user rxin commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/15959#discussion_r89258106
--- Diff:
sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/Statistics.scala
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@@ -58,60 +61,170 @@ case class Statistics(
}
}
+
/**
- * Statistics for a column.
+ * Statistics collected for a column.
+ *
+ * 1. Supported data types are defined in `ColumnStat.supportsType`.
+ * 2. The JVM data type stored in min/max is the external data type (used
in Row) for the
+ * corresponding Catalyst data type. For example, for DateType we store
java.sql.Date, and for
+ * TimestampType we store java.sql.Timestamp.
+ * 3. For integral types, they are all upcasted to longs, i.e. shorts are
stored as longs.
+ * 4. There is no guarantee that the statistics collected are accurate.
Approximation algorithms
+ * (sketches) might have been used, and the data collected can also be
stale.
+ *
+ * @param distinctCount number of distinct values
+ * @param min minimum value
+ * @param max maximum value
+ * @param nullCount number of nulls
+ * @param avgLen average length of the values. For fixed-length types,
this should be a constant.
+ * @param maxLen maximum length of the values. For fixed-length types,
this should be a constant.
*/
-case class ColumnStat(statRow: InternalRow) {
+case class ColumnStat(
+ distinctCount: BigInt,
+ min: Option[Any],
+ max: Option[Any],
+ nullCount: BigInt,
+ avgLen: Long,
+ maxLen: Long) {
- def forNumeric[T <: AtomicType](dataType: T): NumericColumnStat[T] = {
- NumericColumnStat(statRow, dataType)
- }
- def forString: StringColumnStat = StringColumnStat(statRow)
- def forBinary: BinaryColumnStat = BinaryColumnStat(statRow)
- def forBoolean: BooleanColumnStat = BooleanColumnStat(statRow)
+ /**
+ * Returns a map from string to string that can be used to serialize the
column stats.
+ * The key is the name of the field (e.g. "ndv" or "min"), and the value
is the string
+ * representation for the value. The deserialization side is defined in
[[ColumnStat.fromMap]].
+ *
+ * As part of the protocol, the returned map always contains a key
called "version".
+ * In the case min/max values are null (None), they will be stored as
"<null>".
--- End diff --
yea good point.
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