[SPARK-8446] Add helper functions for testing physical SparkPlan operators

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.1, 1.5.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Target Version/s: 1.5.0
• Epic Link: Tungsten Phase 1
• Assignee: Josh Rosen
• Reporter: Josh Rosen
• Shepherd: Michael Armbrust
• Created: 18/Jun/15 18:03
• Updated: 18/Jun/15 23:55
• Resolved: 18/Jun/15 23:55

Description

SparkSQL has a nice QueryTest class for writing tests that run queries; I think we should add an analogous test utility for directly unit testing the physical SparkPlan operators.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #6885 (JoshRosen)