[SPARK-10814] API design: convergence of batch and streaming DataFrame

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: Structured Streaming
• Assignee: Reynold Xin
• Reporter: Reynold Xin
• Created: 24/Sep/15 22:07
• Updated: 01/Nov/16 22:15
• Resolved: 04/Feb/16 06:37

Description

This might not be possible since the batch DataFrame has a lot of functions convenient for interactivity that don't make sense in streaming, but it would be great if we can have an abstraction that is common (e.g. a common ancestor) that can be used by other libraries.