Converts from a Spark SQL struct field to an Alpine-specific column def.
Converts from a Spark SQL data type to an Alpine-specific column type.
Converts from a Spark SQL schema to the Alpine 'TabularSchema' type.
Converts from a Spark SQL schema to the Alpine 'TabularSchema' type. The 'TabularSchema' object this method returns can be used to create any of the tabular Alpine IO types (HDFSTabular dataset, dataTable etc.)
-a Spark SQL DataFrame schema
the equivalent Alpine schema for that dataset
Convert the Alpine 'TabularSchema' with column names and types to the equivalent Spark SQL data frame header.
Convert the Alpine 'TabularSchema' with column names and types to the equivalent Spark SQL data frame header.
An Alpine 'TabularSchemaOutline' object with fixed column definitions containing a name and Alpine specific type.
Convert the Alpine 'TabularSchema' with column names and types to the equivalent Spark SQL data frame header.
Convert the Alpine 'TabularSchema' with column names and types to the equivalent Spark SQL data frame header.
An Alpine 'TabularSchemaOutline' object with fixed column definitions containing a name and Alpine specific type.
Use convertTabularSchemaToSparkSQLSchemaDateSupport
Created by rachelwarren on 4/4/16.