[SPARK-47826] Add VariantVal for PySpark

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: PySpark
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Gene Pang
• Reporter: Gene Pang
• Created: 12/Apr/24 00:24
• Updated: 15/Apr/24 17:32
• Resolved: 12/Apr/24 00:26

Description

Add a `VariantVal` implementation for PySpark. It includes convenience methods to convert the Variant to a string, or to a Python object, so that users can more easily work with Variant data.

 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #46044