Interface CreateTableWriter<T>

All Superinterfaces:
WriteConfigMethods<CreateTableWriter<T>>
All Known Implementing Classes:
DataFrameWriterV2

public interface CreateTableWriter<T> extends WriteConfigMethods<CreateTableWriter<T>>
Trait to restrict calls to create and replace operations.

Since:
3.0.0
  • Method Details

    • create

      void create() throws org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.TableAlreadyExistsException
      Create a new table from the contents of the data frame.

      The new table's schema, partition layout, properties, and other configuration will be based on the configuration set on this writer.

      If the output table exists, this operation will fail with TableAlreadyExistsException.

      Throws:
      org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.TableAlreadyExistsException - If the table already exists
    • createOrReplace

      void createOrReplace()
      Create a new table or replace an existing table with the contents of the data frame.

      The output table's schema, partition layout, properties, and other configuration will be based on the contents of the data frame and the configuration set on this writer. If the table exists, its configuration and data will be replaced.

    • partitionedBy

      CreateTableWriter<T> partitionedBy(Column column, scala.collection.Seq<Column> columns)
      Partition the output table created by create, createOrReplace, or replace using the given columns or transforms.

      When specified, the table data will be stored by these values for efficient reads.

      For example, when a table is partitioned by day, it may be stored in a directory layout like:

      • table/day=2019-06-01/
      • table/day=2019-06-02/

      Partitioning is one of the most widely used techniques to optimize physical data layout. It provides a coarse-grained index for skipping unnecessary data reads when queries have predicates on the partitioned columns. In order for partitioning to work well, the number of distinct values in each column should typically be less than tens of thousands.

      Parameters:
      column - (undocumented)
      columns - (undocumented)
      Returns:
      (undocumented)
      Since:
      3.0.0
    • replace

      void replace() throws org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.CannotReplaceMissingTableException
      Replace an existing table with the contents of the data frame.

      The existing table's schema, partition layout, properties, and other configuration will be replaced with the contents of the data frame and the configuration set on this writer.

      If the output table does not exist, this operation will fail with CannotReplaceMissingTableException.

      Throws:
      org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.CannotReplaceMissingTableException - If the table does not exist
    • tableProperty

      CreateTableWriter<T> tableProperty(String property, String value)
      Add a table property.
      Parameters:
      property - (undocumented)
      value - (undocumented)
      Returns:
      (undocumented)
    • using

      CreateTableWriter<T> using(String provider)
      Specifies a provider for the underlying output data source. Spark's default catalog supports "parquet", "json", etc.

      Parameters:
      provider - (undocumented)
      Returns:
      (undocumented)
      Since:
      3.0.0