[SPARK-47846] Add support for Variant schema in from_json

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Target Version/s: 4.0.0
• Assignee: Harsh Motwani
• Reporter: Harsh Motwani
• Created: 15/Apr/24 02:01
• Updated: 18/Apr/24 01:37
• Resolved: 18/Apr/24 01:37

Description

Adding support for the variant type in the from_json expression.

"select from_json('<json_string>', 'variant')" should interpret json_string as a variant type.

Issue Links

• links to: [SPARK-47846][SQL] Add support for Variant type in from_json expression
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #46046