[SPARK-47744] Add support for negative byte types in RocksDB range scan encoder

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: Structured Streaming
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Neil Ramaswamy
• Reporter: Neil Ramaswamy
• Created: 05/Apr/24 22:54
• Updated: 07/Apr/24 20:49
• Resolved: 07/Apr/24 20:49

Description

SPARK-47372 introduced the ability for the RocksDB state provider to big-endian encode values so that they could be range scanned. However, signed support for Byte types was missed, even though Scala Bytes are signed.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #45906