[SPARK-50238] Add Variant Support in PySpark UDFs/UDTFs/UDAFs

• Type: 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: Harsh Motwani
• Reporter: Harsh Motwani
• Created: 1 week ago 01:44
• Updated: 7 hours ago
• Resolved: 7 hours ago

Description

PySpark UDFs/UDTFs/UDAFs currently do not support VariantType as input/output. We should add support for this feature.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #48770