Github user MLnick commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/17059#discussion_r103421071
  
    --- Diff: mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/recommendation/ALS.scala 
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    @@ -82,12 +82,20 @@ private[recommendation] trait ALSModelParams extends 
Params with HasPredictionCo
        * Attempts to safely cast a user/item id to an Int. Throws an exception 
if the value is
        * out of integer range.
        */
    -  protected val checkedCast = udf { (n: Double) =>
    -    if (n > Int.MaxValue || n < Int.MinValue) {
    -      throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"ALS only supports values in 
Integer range for columns " +
    -        s"${$(userCol)} and ${$(itemCol)}. Value $n was out of Integer 
range.")
    -    } else {
    -      n.toInt
    +  protected val checkedCast = udf { (n: Any) =>
    +    n match {
    +      case v: Int => v // Avoid unnecessary casting
    +      case v: Number =>
    +        val intV = v.intValue()
    +        // Checks if number within Int range and has no fractional part.
    +        if (v.doubleValue == intV) {
    --- End diff --
    
    Yeah the reality is we mostly expect Int or Long ids, but want to support 
any numeric ID as long as it falls within Int range - so passing in fractional 
float/double just doesn't make sense and we'll throw an error.


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