[SPARK-47922] Implement try_parse_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
• Assignee: Harsh Motwani
• Reporter: Harsh Motwani
• Created: 19/Apr/24 21:21
• Updated: 06/May/24 22:30
• Resolved: 26/Apr/24 06:36

Description

Implement try_parse_json expression that runs parse_json on valid string inputs and returns null when the input string is malformed. Note that this expression also only supports string input types.

Issue Links

• Testing discovered: SPARK-48150 Fix nullability of try_parse_json
• links to: [SPARK-47922][SQL] Implement the try_parse_json expression
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #46141