[SPARK-16009] DataFrameRead.json(path) compatibility broken with Spark 1.6

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Assignee: Tathagata Das
• Reporter: Tathagata Das
• Created: 17/Jun/16 03:30
• Updated: 20/Jun/16 23:48
• Resolved: 20/Jun/16 23:48

Description

DataFrameRead.json(string) was removed as it was covered by {{DataFrameRead.json(string-varargs) }}. But this breaks compilation where the compiler needs a method with single arg. Example

Option(path).map(spark.read.json)

This works in 1.6 and does not compile in 2.0.

Issue Links

• is related to: SPARK-15982 Harmonize the behavior of DataFrameReader.text/csv/json/parquet/orc
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #13727 (tdas)