[SPARK-24811][SQL]Avro: add new function from_avro and to_avro

external/avro/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroDataToCatalyst.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql
+
+import org.apache.avro.Schema
+import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumReader
+import org.apache.avro.io.{BinaryDecoder, DecoderFactory}
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.avro.{AvroDeserializer, SchemaConverters}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{ExpectsInputTypes, Expression, UnaryExpression}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.{CodegenContext, CodeGenerator, ExprCode}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{AbstractDataType, BinaryType, DataType}
+
+case class AvroDataToCatalyst(child: Expression, jsonFormatSchema: String)
+  extends UnaryExpression with ExpectsInputTypes {
+
+  override def inputTypes: Seq[AbstractDataType] = Seq(BinaryType)
+
+  override lazy val dataType: DataType = SchemaConverters.toSqlType(avroSchema).dataType
+
+  override def nullable: Boolean = true
+
+  @transient private lazy val avroSchema = new Schema.Parser().parse(jsonFormatSchema)
+
+  @transient private lazy val reader = new GenericDatumReader[Any](avroSchema)
+
+  @transient private lazy val deserializer = new AvroDeserializer(avroSchema, dataType)
+
+  @transient private var decoder: BinaryDecoder = _
+
+  @transient private var result: Any = _
+
+  override def nullSafeEval(input: Any): Any = {
+    val binary = input.asInstanceOf[Array[Byte]]
+    decoder = DecoderFactory.get().binaryDecoder(binary, 0, binary.length, decoder)
+    result = reader.read(result, decoder)
+    deserializer.deserialize(result)
+  }
+
+  override def simpleString: String = {
+    s"from_avro(${child.sql}, ${dataType.simpleString})"
+  }
+
+  override def sql: String = {
+    s"from_avro(${child.sql}, ${dataType.catalogString})"
+  }
+
+  override protected def doGenCode(ctx: CodegenContext, ev: ExprCode): ExprCode = {
+    val expr = ctx.addReferenceObj("this", this)
+    defineCodeGen(ctx, ev, input =>
+      s"(${CodeGenerator.boxedType(dataType)})$expr.nullSafeEval($input)")
+  }
+}

external/avro/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/CatalystDataToAvro.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+
+import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumWriter
+import org.apache.avro.io.{BinaryEncoder, EncoderFactory}
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.avro.{AvroSerializer, SchemaConverters}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Expression, UnaryExpression}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.{CodegenContext, CodeGenerator, ExprCode}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{BinaryType, DataType}
+
+case class CatalystDataToAvro(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression {
+
+  override def dataType: DataType = BinaryType
+
+  @transient private lazy val avroType =
+    SchemaConverters.toAvroType(child.dataType, child.nullable)
+
+  @transient private lazy val serializer =
+    new AvroSerializer(child.dataType, avroType, child.nullable)
+
+  @transient private lazy val writer =
+    new GenericDatumWriter[Any](avroType)
+
+  @transient private var encoder: BinaryEncoder = _
+
+  @transient private lazy val out = new ByteArrayOutputStream
+
+  override def nullSafeEval(input: Any): Any = {
+    out.reset()
+    encoder = EncoderFactory.get().directBinaryEncoder(out, encoder)
+    val avroData = serializer.serialize(input)
+    writer.write(avroData, encoder)
+    encoder.flush()
+    out.toByteArray
+  }
+
+  override def simpleString: String = {
+    s"to_avro(${child.sql}, ${child.dataType.simpleString})"
+  }
+
+  override def sql: String = {
+    s"to_avro(${child.sql}, ${child.dataType.catalogString})"
+  }
+
+  override protected def doGenCode(ctx: CodegenContext, ev: ExprCode): ExprCode = {
+    val expr = ctx.addReferenceObj("this", this)
+    defineCodeGen(ctx, ev, input =>
+      s"(byte[]) $expr.nullSafeEval($input)")
+  }
+}

external/avro/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/package.scala

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql
 
+import org.apache.avro.Schema
+
+import org.apache.spark.annotation.Experimental
+
 package object avro {
   /**
    * Adds a method, `avro`, to DataFrameWriter that allows you to write avro files using
@@ -36,4 +40,31 @@ package object avro {
     @scala.annotation.varargs
     def avro(sources: String*): DataFrame = reader.format("avro").load(sources: _*)
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts a binary column of avro format into its corresponding catalyst value. The specified
+   * schema must match the read data, otherwise the behavior is undefined: it may fail or return
+   * arbitrary result.
+   *
+   * @param data the binary column.
+   * @param jsonFormatSchema the avro schema in JSON string format.
+   *
+   * @since 2.4.0
+   */
+  @Experimental
+  def from_avro(data: Column, jsonFormatSchema: String): Column = {
+    new Column(AvroDataToCatalyst(data.expr, jsonFormatSchema))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts a column into binary of avro format.
+   *
+   * @param data the data column.
+   *
+   * @since 2.4.0
+   */
+  @Experimental
+  def to_avro(data: Column): Column = {
+    new Column(CatalystDataToAvro(data.expr))
+  }
 }

external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroCatalystDataConversionSuite.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.avro
+
+import org.apache.avro.Schema
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{AvroDataToCatalyst, CatalystDataToAvro, RandomDataGenerator}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.{CatalystTypeConverters, InternalRow}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{ExpressionEvalHelper, GenericInternalRow, Literal}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.{ArrayBasedMapData, GenericArrayData, MapData}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
+import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
+
+class AvroCatalystDataConversionSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
+
+  private def roundTripTest(data: Literal): Unit = {
+    val avroType = SchemaConverters.toAvroType(data.dataType, data.nullable)
+    checkResult(data, avroType.toString, data.eval())
+  }
+
+  private def checkResult(data: Literal, schema: String, expected: Any): Unit = {
+    checkEvaluation(
+      AvroDataToCatalyst(CatalystDataToAvro(data), schema),
+      prepareExpectedResult(expected))
+  }
+
+  private def assertFail(data: Literal, schema: String): Unit = {
+    intercept[java.io.EOFException] {
+      AvroDataToCatalyst(CatalystDataToAvro(data), schema).eval()
+    }
+  }
+
+  private val testingTypes = Seq(
+    BooleanType,
+    ByteType,
+    ShortType,
+    IntegerType,
+    LongType,
+    FloatType,
+    DoubleType,
+    DecimalType(8, 0),   // 32 bits decimal without fraction
+    DecimalType(8, 4),   // 32 bits decimal
+    DecimalType(16, 0),  // 64 bits decimal without fraction
+    DecimalType(16, 11), // 64 bits decimal
+    DecimalType(38, 0),
+    DecimalType(38, 38),
+    StringType,
+    BinaryType)
+
+  protected def prepareExpectedResult(expected: Any): Any = expected match {
+    // Spark decimal is converted to avro string=
+    case d: Decimal => UTF8String.fromString(d.toString)
+    // Spark byte and short both map to avro int
+    case b: Byte => b.toInt
+    case s: Short => s.toInt
+    case row: GenericInternalRow => InternalRow.fromSeq(row.values.map(prepareExpectedResult))
+    case array: GenericArrayData => new GenericArrayData(array.array.map(prepareExpectedResult))
+    case map: MapData =>
+      val keys = new GenericArrayData(
+        map.keyArray().asInstanceOf[GenericArrayData].array.map(prepareExpectedResult))
+      val values = new GenericArrayData(
+        map.valueArray().asInstanceOf[GenericArrayData].array.map(prepareExpectedResult))
+      new ArrayBasedMapData(keys, values)
+    case other => other
+  }
+
+  testingTypes.foreach { dt =>
+    val seed = scala.util.Random.nextLong()
+    test(s"single $dt with seed $seed") {
+      val rand = new scala.util.Random(seed)
+      val data = RandomDataGenerator.forType(dt, rand = rand).get.apply()
+      val converter = CatalystTypeConverters.createToCatalystConverter(dt)
+      val input = Literal.create(converter(data), dt)
+      roundTripTest(input)
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (_ <- 1 to 5) {
+    val seed = scala.util.Random.nextLong()
+    val rand = new scala.util.Random(seed)
+    val schema = RandomDataGenerator.randomSchema(rand, 5, testingTypes)
+    test(s"flat schema ${schema.catalogString} with seed $seed") {
+      val data = RandomDataGenerator.randomRow(rand, schema)
+      val converter = CatalystTypeConverters.createToCatalystConverter(schema)
+      val input = Literal.create(converter(data), schema)
+      roundTripTest(input)
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (_ <- 1 to 5) {
+    val seed = scala.util.Random.nextLong()
+    val rand = new scala.util.Random(seed)
+    val schema = RandomDataGenerator.randomNestedSchema(rand, 10, testingTypes)
+    test(s"nested schema ${schema.catalogString} with seed $seed") {
+      val data = RandomDataGenerator.randomRow(rand, schema)
+      val converter = CatalystTypeConverters.createToCatalystConverter(schema)
+      val input = Literal.create(converter(data), schema)
+      roundTripTest(input)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("read int as string") {
+    val data = Literal(1)
+    val avroTypeJson =
+      s"""
+         |{
+         |  "type": "string",
+         |  "name": "my_string"
+         |}
+       """.stripMargin
+
+    // When read int as string, avro reader is not able to parse the binary and fail.
+    assertFail(data, avroTypeJson)
+  }
+
+  test("read string as int") {
+    val data = Literal("abc")
+    val avroTypeJson =
+      s"""
+         |{
+         |  "type": "int",
+         |  "name": "my_int"
+         |}
+       """.stripMargin
+
+    // When read string data as int, avro reader is not able to find the type mismatch and read
+    // the string length as int value.
+    checkResult(data, avroTypeJson, 3)
+  }
+
+  test("read float as double") {
+    val data = Literal(1.23f)
+    val avroTypeJson =
+      s"""
+         |{
+         |  "type": "double",
+         |  "name": "my_double"
+         |}
+       """.stripMargin
+
+    // When read float data as double, avro reader fails(trying to read 8 bytes while the data have
+    // only 4 bytes).
+    assertFail(data, avroTypeJson)
+  }
+
+  test("read double as float") {
+    val data = Literal(1.23)
+    val avroTypeJson =
+      s"""
+         |{
+         |  "type": "float",
+         |  "name": "my_float"
+         |}
+       """.stripMargin
+
+    // avro reader reads the first 4 bytes of a double as a float, the result is totally undefined.
+    checkResult(data, avroTypeJson, 5.848603E35f)
+  }
+}