[SPARK-6542][SQL] add CreateStruct

Similar to `CreateArray`, we can add `CreateStruct` to create nested columns. marmbrus

Author: Xiangrui Meng <[email protected]>

Closes apache#5195 from mengxr/SPARK-6542 and squashes the following commits:

3795c57 [Xiangrui Meng] update error message
ae7ac3e [Xiangrui Meng] move unit test to a separate suite
85dd559 [Xiangrui Meng] use NamedExpr
c78e31a [Xiangrui Meng] Merge remote-tracking branch 'apache/master' into SPARK-6542
85f3106 [Xiangrui Meng] add CreateStruct

sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala

@@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ class Analyzer(catalog: Catalog,
                 case o => o :: Nil
               }
               Alias(c.copy(children = expandedArgs), name)() :: Nil
+            case Alias(c @ CreateStruct(args), name) if containsStar(args) =>
+              val expandedArgs = args.flatMap {
+                case s: Star => s.expand(child.output, resolver)
+                case o => o :: Nil
+              }
+              Alias(c.copy(children = expandedArgs), name)() :: Nil
             case o => o :: Nil
           },
           child)

sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypes.scala

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ case class ArrayGetField(child: Expression, field: StructField, ordinal: Int, co
 case class CreateArray(children: Seq[Expression]) extends Expression {
   override type EvaluatedType = Any
 
-  override def foldable: Boolean = !children.exists(!_.foldable)
+  override def foldable: Boolean = children.forall(_.foldable)
 
   lazy val childTypes = children.map(_.dataType).distinct
 
@@ -142,3 +142,30 @@ case class CreateArray(children: Seq[Expression]) extends Expression {
 
   override def toString: String = s"Array(${children.mkString(",")})"
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns a Row containing the evaluation of all children expressions.
+ * TODO: [[CreateStruct]] does not support codegen.
+ */
+case class CreateStruct(children: Seq[NamedExpression]) extends Expression {
+  override type EvaluatedType = Row
+
+  override def foldable: Boolean = children.forall(_.foldable)
+
+  override lazy val resolved: Boolean = childrenResolved
+
+  override lazy val dataType: StructType = {
+    assert(resolved,
+      s"CreateStruct contains unresolvable children: ${children.filterNot(_.resolved)}.")
+    val fields = children.map { child =>
+      StructField(child.name, child.dataType, child.nullable, child.metadata)
+    }
+    StructType(fields)
+  }
+
+  override def nullable: Boolean = false
+
+  override def eval(input: Row): EvaluatedType = {
+    Row(children.map(_.eval(input)): _*)
+  }
+}

sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ExpressionEvaluationSuite.scala

@@ -30,7 +30,34 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.UnresolvedGetField
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 
 
-class ExpressionEvaluationSuite extends FunSuite {
+class ExpressionEvaluationBaseSuite extends FunSuite {
+
+  def evaluate(expression: Expression, inputRow: Row = EmptyRow): Any = {
+    expression.eval(inputRow)
+  }
+
+  def checkEvaluation(expression: Expression, expected: Any, inputRow: Row = EmptyRow): Unit = {
+    val actual = try evaluate(expression, inputRow) catch {
+      case e: Exception => fail(s"Exception evaluating $expression", e)
+    }
+    if(actual != expected) {
+      val input = if(inputRow == EmptyRow) "" else s", input: $inputRow"
+      fail(s"Incorrect Evaluation: $expression, actual: $actual, expected: $expected$input")
+    }
+  }
+
+  def checkDoubleEvaluation(
+      expression: Expression,
+      expected: Spread[Double],
+      inputRow: Row = EmptyRow): Unit = {
+    val actual = try evaluate(expression, inputRow) catch {
+      case e: Exception => fail(s"Exception evaluating $expression", e)
+    }
+    actual.asInstanceOf[Double] shouldBe expected
+  }
+}
+
+class ExpressionEvaluationSuite extends ExpressionEvaluationBaseSuite {
 
   test("literals") {
     checkEvaluation(Literal(1), 1)
@@ -134,27 +161,6 @@ class ExpressionEvaluationSuite extends FunSuite {
     }
   }
 
-  def evaluate(expression: Expression, inputRow: Row = EmptyRow): Any = {
-    expression.eval(inputRow)
-  }
-
-  def checkEvaluation(expression: Expression, expected: Any, inputRow: Row = EmptyRow): Unit = {
-    val actual = try evaluate(expression, inputRow) catch {
-      case e: Exception => fail(s"Exception evaluating $expression", e)
-    }
-    if(actual != expected) {
-      val input = if(inputRow == EmptyRow) "" else s", input: $inputRow"
-      fail(s"Incorrect Evaluation: $expression, actual: $actual, expected: $expected$input")
-    }
-  }
-
-  def checkDoubleEvaluation(expression: Expression, expected: Spread[Double], inputRow: Row = EmptyRow): Unit = {
-    val actual = try evaluate(expression, inputRow) catch {
-      case e: Exception => fail(s"Exception evaluating $expression", e)
-    }
-    actual.asInstanceOf[Double] shouldBe expected
-  }
-
   test("IN") {
     checkEvaluation(In(Literal(1), Seq(Literal(1), Literal(2))), true)
     checkEvaluation(In(Literal(2), Seq(Literal(1), Literal(2))), true)
@@ -1081,3 +1087,14 @@ class ExpressionEvaluationSuite extends FunSuite {
     checkEvaluation(~c1, -2, row)
   }
 }
+
+// TODO: Make the tests work with codegen.
+class ExpressionEvaluationWithoutCodeGenSuite extends ExpressionEvaluationBaseSuite {
+
+  test("CreateStruct") {
+    val row = Row(1, 2, 3)
+    val c1 = 'a.int.at(0).as("a")
+    val c3 = 'c.int.at(2).as("c")
+    checkEvaluation(CreateStruct(Seq(c1, c3)), Row(1, 3), row)
+  }
+}