HyukjinKwon commented on a change in pull request #25242: [SPARK-28497][SQL] 
Disallow upcasting complex data types to string type
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/25242#discussion_r307090548
 
 

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 File path: 
sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/encoders/EncoderResolutionSuite.scala
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 @@ -196,6 +196,43 @@ class EncoderResolutionSuite extends PlanTest {
     encoder.resolveAndBind(attrs)
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-28497: complex type is not compatible with string encoder 
schema") {
+    val encoder = ExpressionEncoder[String]
+
+    {
+      val attrs = Seq('a.struct('x.long))
+      
assert(intercept[AnalysisException](encoder.resolveAndBind(attrs)).message ==
+        s"""
+           |Cannot up cast `a` from struct<x:bigint> to string.
+           |The type path of the target object is:
+           |- root class: "java.lang.String"
+           |You can either add an explicit cast to the input data or choose a 
higher precision type
+        """.stripMargin.trim + " of the field in the target object")
+    }
+
+    {
+      val attrs = Seq('a.array(StringType))
+      
assert(intercept[AnalysisException](encoder.resolveAndBind(attrs)).message ==
+        s"""
+           |Cannot up cast `a` from array<string> to string.
 
 Review comment:
   It doesn't necessarily compare the whole message. We can check if the 
message contains some keywords. 

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