org.apache.spark.sql.types
Class DataType

Object
  org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataType

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArrayType, BinaryType, BooleanType, DateType, MapType, NullType, NumericType, StringType, StructType, TimestampType, UserDefinedType

public abstract class DataType
extends Object

:: DeveloperApi :: The base type of all Spark SQL data types.

Constructor Summary

DataType()

Method Summary

abstract int	defaultSize() The default size of a value of this data type, used internally for size estimation.
static DataType	fromCaseClassString(String string) Deprecated. As of 1.2.0, replaced by DataType.fromJson()
static DataType	fromJson(String json)
String	json() The compact JSON representation of this data type.
String	prettyJson() The pretty (i.e.
String	simpleString() Readable string representation for the type.
String	typeName() Name of the type used in JSON serialization.

Methods inherited from class Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DataType

public DataType()

Method Detail

fromJson

public static DataType fromJson(String json)

fromCaseClassString

public static DataType fromCaseClassString(String string)

Deprecated. As of 1.2.0, replaced by DataType.fromJson()

Parameters:

string - (undocumented)

Returns:

(undocumented)

defaultSize

public abstract int defaultSize()

The default size of a value of this data type, used internally for size estimation.

Returns:

(undocumented)

typeName

public String typeName()

Name of the type used in JSON serialization.

json

public String json()

The compact JSON representation of this data type.

prettyJson

public String prettyJson()

The pretty (i.e. indented) JSON representation of this data type.

simpleString

public String simpleString()

Readable string representation for the type.