[SPARK-41356] Find and refactor all cases suitable for using `PhysicalDataType` instead of `DataType`

• Type: Umbrella
• Status: In Progress
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.4.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Yang Jie
• Created: 02/Dec/22 03:25
• Updated: 02/Dec/22 06:32

Description

SPARK-41226 Introduce physical data types, and the use PhysicalDataType replace DataType for many case, but there should also be refactorable cases in the code. We can add some task at any time to complete the relevant refactoring

Sub-Tasks

• Use `PhysicalDataType` instead of DataType in ColumnVectorUtils: Resolved
• Use `PhysicalDataType` instead of DataType in UnsafeRow: Resolved