[DRILL-3228] Implement Embedded Type

• Type: Task
• Status: In Progress
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Fix Version/s: Future
• Component/s: Execution - Codegen, Execution - Data Types, Execution - Relational Operators, Functions - Drill
• Assignee: Steven Phillips
• Reporter: Jacques Nadeau
• Created: 01/Jun/15 16:41
• Updated: 24/Jun/16 21:50

Description

An Umbrella for the implementation of Embedded types within Drill.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: DRILL-3939 Drill fails to parse valid JSON object

Sub-Tasks

• Create a new EmbeddedVector: Resolved
• Modify existing vectors to allow type promotion: Resolved
• Update code generation & function code to support reading and writing embedded type: Open
• Enhance JSON reader to leverage EmbeddedType: Open
• Enhance JSON writer to write EmbeddedType: Open
• Come up with enhanced AbstractRecordBatch and AbstractSingleRecordBatch to better handle type promotion and schema change: Open