[SPARK-55689][SQL] Add withSchemaEvolution() in dataframe writer API#55446
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
Introduce a new method
.withSchemaEvolution()to the dataframe writer API to enable schema evolution during writes.This fills the current gap where schema evolution in inserts can only be enabled via SQL using
INSERT WITH SCHEMA EVOLUTION. MERGE using dataframe already has a similar user-surface: withSchemaEvolution().Checks are added to fail when schema evolution is enabled on writes that don't support it: creating or replacing a table, writes on DSv1 tables.
Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
Yes, users can now enable schema evolution using the dataframe writer API, for example:
and other variations of writes using DataframeWriter & DataFrameWriterV2.
How was this patch tested?
Added tests covering enabling (and using) schema evolution via all supported dataframe write methods.
Negative tests for calls that don't support schema evolution