[SEDONA-21] Add Spark SQL extensions classes so it's possible to register functions & UDTs not only from code

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.1
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alex Ott
• Created: 07/Mar/21 12:20
• Updated: 28/May/21 07:04
• Resolved: 08/Mar/21 20:02

Description

Right now you need to explicitly register UDTs & UDFs to use Sedona. This prevents from using Sedona using only SQL - for example, via Thrift server. This could be easily fixed by adding extension classes that will register functions during Spark initialization.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #513