Github user marmbrus commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/2475#discussion_r19648912
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sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/package.scala ---
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+package org.apache.spark.sql
+
+import org.apache.spark.annotation.DeveloperApi
+import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Expression, Attribute}
+
+/**
+ * A set of APIs for adding data sources to Spark SQL.
+ */
+package object sources {
+
+ /**
+ * Implemented by objects that produce relations for a specific kind of
data source. When
+ * Spark SQL is given a DDL operation with a USING clause specified,
this interface is used to
+ * pass in the parameters specified by a user.
+ *
+ * Users may specify the fully qualified class name of a given data
source. When that class is
+ * not found Spark SQL will append the class name `DefaultSource` to the
path, allowing for
+ * less verbose invocation. For example, 'org.apache.spark.sql.json'
would resolve to the
+ * data source 'org.apache.spark.sql.json.DefaultSource'
+ */
+ trait RelationProvider {
+ /** Returns a new base relation with the given parameters. */
+ def createRelation(sqlContext: SQLContext, parameters: Map[String,
String]): BaseRelation
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Represents a collection of tuples with a known schema. Classes that
extend BaseRelation must
+ * be able to produce the schema of their data in the form of a
[[StructType]] In order to be
+ * executed, a BaseRelation must also mix in at least one of the Scan
traits.
+ *
+ * BaseRelations must also define a equality function that only returns
true when the two
+ * instances will return the same data. This equality function is used
when determining when
+ * it is safe to substitute cached results for a given relation.
+ */
+ @DeveloperApi
+ abstract class BaseRelation {
+ def sqlContext: SQLContext
+ def schema: StructType
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Mixed into a BaseRelation that can produce all of its tuples as an
RDD of Row objects.
+ */
+ @DeveloperApi
+ trait TableScan {
+ self: BaseRelation =>
+
+ def buildScan(): RDD[Row]
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It would be safe to reuse the `Row`, but it seems a little vacuous to state
that when there is no public API to mutate a row. Should we expose that too?
I'm a little hesitant given that it been changing quite a bit recently.
It is always safe to state this down the road.
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