DataFrameReader (Spark 2.2.0 JavaDoc)

Object
- org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

Logging
```
public class DataFrameReader
extends Object
implements Logging
```
Interface used to load a Dataset from external storage systems (e.g. file systems, key-value stores, etc). Use SparkSession.read to access this.

Since:

1.4.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`Dataset<Row>`	`csv(Dataset<String> csvDataset)` Loads an `Dataset[String]` storing CSV rows and returns the result as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`csv(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)` Loads CSV files and returns the result as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`csv(String... paths)` Loads CSV files and returns the result as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`csv(String path)` Loads a CSV file and returns the result as a `DataFrame`.
`DataFrameReader`	`format(String source)` Specifies the input data source format.
`Dataset<Row>`	`jdbc(String url, String table, java.util.Properties properties)` Construct a `DataFrame` representing the database table accessible via JDBC URL url named table and connection properties.
`Dataset<Row>`	`jdbc(String url, String table, String[] predicates, java.util.Properties connectionProperties)` Construct a `DataFrame` representing the database table accessible via JDBC URL url named table using connection properties.
`Dataset<Row>`	`jdbc(String url, String table, String columnName, long lowerBound, long upperBound, int numPartitions, java.util.Properties connectionProperties)` Construct a `DataFrame` representing the database table accessible via JDBC URL url named table.
`Dataset<Row>`	`json(Dataset<String> jsonDataset)` Loads a `Dataset[String]` storing JSON objects (JSON Lines text format or newline-delimited JSON) and returns the result as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`json(JavaRDD<String> jsonRDD)` Deprecated. Use json(Dataset[String]) instead. Since 2.2.0.
`Dataset<Row>`	`json(RDD<String> jsonRDD)` Deprecated. Use json(Dataset[String]) instead. Since 2.2.0.
`Dataset<Row>`	`json(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)` Loads JSON files and returns the results as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`json(String... paths)` Loads JSON files and returns the results as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`json(String path)` Loads a JSON file and returns the results as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`load()` Loads input in as a `DataFrame`, for data sources that don't require a path (e.g.
`Dataset<Row>`	`load(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)` Loads input in as a `DataFrame`, for data sources that support multiple paths.
`Dataset<Row>`	`load(String... paths)` Loads input in as a `DataFrame`, for data sources that support multiple paths.
`Dataset<Row>`	`load(String path)` Loads input in as a `DataFrame`, for data sources that require a path (e.g.
`DataFrameReader`	`option(String key, boolean value)` Adds an input option for the underlying data source.
`DataFrameReader`	`option(String key, double value)` Adds an input option for the underlying data source.
`DataFrameReader`	`option(String key, long value)` Adds an input option for the underlying data source.
`DataFrameReader`	`option(String key, String value)` Adds an input option for the underlying data source.
`DataFrameReader`	`options(scala.collection.Map<String,String> options)` (Scala-specific) Adds input options for the underlying data source.
`DataFrameReader`	`options(java.util.Map<String,String> options)` Adds input options for the underlying data source.
`Dataset<Row>`	`orc(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)` Loads ORC files and returns the result as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`orc(String... paths)` Loads ORC files and returns the result as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`orc(String path)` Loads an ORC file and returns the result as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`parquet(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)` Loads a Parquet file, returning the result as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`parquet(String... paths)` Loads a Parquet file, returning the result as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`parquet(String path)` Loads a Parquet file, returning the result as a `DataFrame`.
`DataFrameReader`	`schema(StructType schema)` Specifies the input schema.
`Dataset<Row>`	`table(String tableName)` Returns the specified table as a `DataFrame`.
`Dataset<Row>`	`text(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)` Loads text files and returns a `DataFrame` whose schema starts with a string column named "value", and followed by partitioned columns if there are any.
`Dataset<Row>`	`text(String... paths)` Loads text files and returns a `DataFrame` whose schema starts with a string column named "value", and followed by partitioned columns if there are any.
`Dataset<Row>`	`text(String path)` Loads text files and returns a `DataFrame` whose schema starts with a string column named "value", and followed by partitioned columns if there are any.
`Dataset<String>`	`textFile(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)` Loads text files and returns a `Dataset` of String.
`Dataset<String>`	`textFile(String... paths)` Loads text files and returns a `Dataset` of String.
`Dataset<String>`	`textFile(String path)` Loads text files and returns a `Dataset` of String.

Methods inherited from class Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
initializeLogging, initializeLogIfNecessary, isTraceEnabled, log_, log, logDebug, logDebug, logError, logError, logInfo, logInfo, logName, logTrace, logTrace, logWarning, logWarning

- Method Detail
  - load
```
public Dataset<Row> load(String... paths)
```
    Loads input in as a DataFrame, for data sources that support multiple paths. Only works if the source is a HadoopFsRelationProvider.
    
    Parameters:
    
    paths - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.6.0
  - json
```
public Dataset<Row> json(String... paths)
```
    Loads JSON files and returns the results as a DataFrame.
    JSON Lines (newline-delimited JSON) is supported by default. For JSON (one record per file), set the multiLine option to true.
    This function goes through the input once to determine the input schema. If you know the schema in advance, use the version that specifies the schema to avoid the extra scan.
    You can set the following JSON-specific options to deal with non-standard JSON files:
    - primitivesAsString (default false): infers all primitive values as a string type
    - prefersDecimal (default false): infers all floating-point values as a decimal type. If the values do not fit in decimal, then it infers them as doubles.
    - allowComments (default false): ignores Java/C++ style comment in JSON records
    - allowUnquotedFieldNames (default false): allows unquoted JSON field names
    - allowSingleQuotes (default true): allows single quotes in addition to double quotes
    - allowNumericLeadingZeros (default false): allows leading zeros in numbers (e.g. 00012)
    - allowBackslashEscapingAnyCharacter (default false): allows accepting quoting of all character using backslash quoting mechanism
    - mode (default PERMISSIVE): allows a mode for dealing with corrupt records during parsing.
      
      PERMISSIVE : sets other fields to null when it meets a corrupted record, and puts the malformed string into a field configured by columnNameOfCorruptRecord. To keep corrupt records, an user can set a string type field named columnNameOfCorruptRecord in an user-defined schema. If a schema does not have the field, it drops corrupt records during parsing. When inferring a schema, it implicitly adds a columnNameOfCorruptRecord field in an output schema.
      
      DROPMALFORMED : ignores the whole corrupted records.
      
      FAILFAST : throws an exception when it meets corrupted records.
    - columnNameOfCorruptRecord (default is the value specified in spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord): allows renaming the new field having malformed string created by PERMISSIVE mode. This overrides spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord.
    - dateFormat (default yyyy-MM-dd): sets the string that indicates a date format. Custom date formats follow the formats at java.text.SimpleDateFormat. This applies to date type.
    - timestampFormat (default yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX): sets the string that indicates a timestamp format. Custom date formats follow the formats at java.text.SimpleDateFormat. This applies to timestamp type.
    - multiLine (default false): parse one record, which may span multiple lines, per file
    Parameters:
    
    paths - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - csv
```
public Dataset<Row> csv(String... paths)
```
    Loads CSV files and returns the result as a DataFrame.
    This function will go through the input once to determine the input schema if inferSchema is enabled. To avoid going through the entire data once, disable inferSchema option or specify the schema explicitly using schema.
    You can set the following CSV-specific options to deal with CSV files:
    - sep (default ,): sets the single character as a separator for each field and value.
    - encoding (default UTF-8): decodes the CSV files by the given encoding type.
    - quote (default "): sets the single character used for escaping quoted values where the separator can be part of the value. If you would like to turn off quotations, you need to set not null but an empty string. This behaviour is different from com.databricks.spark.csv.
    - escape (default \): sets the single character used for escaping quotes inside an already quoted value.
    - comment (default empty string): sets the single character used for skipping lines beginning with this character. By default, it is disabled.
    - header (default false): uses the first line as names of columns.
    - inferSchema (default false): infers the input schema automatically from data. It requires one extra pass over the data.
    - ignoreLeadingWhiteSpace (default false): a flag indicating whether or not leading whitespaces from values being read should be skipped.
    - ignoreTrailingWhiteSpace (default false): a flag indicating whether or not trailing whitespaces from values being read should be skipped.
    - nullValue (default empty string): sets the string representation of a null value. Since 2.0.1, this applies to all supported types including the string type.
    - nanValue (default NaN): sets the string representation of a non-number" value.
    - positiveInf (default Inf): sets the string representation of a positive infinity value.
    - negativeInf (default -Inf): sets the string representation of a negative infinity value.
    - dateFormat (default yyyy-MM-dd): sets the string that indicates a date format. Custom date formats follow the formats at java.text.SimpleDateFormat. This applies to date type.
    - timestampFormat (default yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX): sets the string that indicates a timestamp format. Custom date formats follow the formats at java.text.SimpleDateFormat. This applies to timestamp type.
    - maxColumns (default 20480): defines a hard limit of how many columns a record can have.
    - maxCharsPerColumn (default -1): defines the maximum number of characters allowed for any given value being read. By default, it is -1 meaning unlimited length
    - mode (default PERMISSIVE): allows a mode for dealing with corrupt records during parsing. It supports the following case-insensitive modes.
      
      PERMISSIVE : sets other fields to null when it meets a corrupted record, and puts the malformed string into a field configured by columnNameOfCorruptRecord. To keep corrupt records, an user can set a string type field named columnNameOfCorruptRecord in an user-defined schema. If a schema does not have the field, it drops corrupt records during parsing. When a length of parsed CSV tokens is shorter than an expected length of a schema, it sets null for extra fields.
      
      DROPMALFORMED : ignores the whole corrupted records.
      
      FAILFAST : throws an exception when it meets corrupted records.
    - columnNameOfCorruptRecord (default is the value specified in spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord): allows renaming the new field having malformed string created by PERMISSIVE mode. This overrides spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord.
    - multiLine (default false): parse one record, which may span multiple lines.
    Parameters:
    
    paths - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - parquet
```
public Dataset<Row> parquet(String... paths)
```
    Loads a Parquet file, returning the result as a DataFrame.
    You can set the following Parquet-specific option(s) for reading Parquet files:
    - mergeSchema (default is the value specified in spark.sql.parquet.mergeSchema): sets whether we should merge schemas collected from all Parquet part-files. This will override spark.sql.parquet.mergeSchema.
    Parameters:
    
    paths - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - orc
```
public Dataset<Row> orc(String... paths)
```
    Loads ORC files and returns the result as a DataFrame.
    
    Parameters:
    
    paths - input paths
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
    
    Note:
    
    Currently, this method can only be used after enabling Hive support.
  - text
```
public Dataset<Row> text(String... paths)
```
    Loads text files and returns a DataFrame whose schema starts with a string column named "value", and followed by partitioned columns if there are any.
    Each line in the text files is a new row in the resulting DataFrame. For example:
```
   // Scala:
   spark.read.text("/path/to/spark/README.md")

   // Java:
   spark.read().text("/path/to/spark/README.md")
 
```
    Parameters:
    
    paths - input paths
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.6.0
  - textFile
```
public Dataset<String> textFile(String... paths)
```
    Loads text files and returns a Dataset of String. The underlying schema of the Dataset contains a single string column named "value".
    If the directory structure of the text files contains partitioning information, those are ignored in the resulting Dataset. To include partitioning information as columns, use text.
    Each line in the text files is a new element in the resulting Dataset. For example:
```
   // Scala:
   spark.read.textFile("/path/to/spark/README.md")

   // Java:
   spark.read().textFile("/path/to/spark/README.md")
 
```
    Parameters:
    
    paths - input path
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - format
```
public DataFrameReader format(String source)
```
    Specifies the input data source format.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - schema
```
public DataFrameReader schema(StructType schema)
```
    Specifies the input schema. Some data sources (e.g. JSON) can infer the input schema automatically from data. By specifying the schema here, the underlying data source can skip the schema inference step, and thus speed up data loading.
    
    Parameters:
    
    schema - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - option
```
public DataFrameReader option(String key,
                              String value)
```
    Adds an input option for the underlying data source.
    You can set the following option(s):
    - timeZone (default session local timezone): sets the string that indicates a timezone to be used to parse timestamps in the JSON/CSV datasources or partition values.
    Parameters:
    
    key - (undocumented)
    
    value - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - option
```
public DataFrameReader option(String key,
                              boolean value)
```
    Adds an input option for the underlying data source.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - (undocumented)
    
    value - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - option
```
public DataFrameReader option(String key,
                              long value)
```
    Adds an input option for the underlying data source.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - (undocumented)
    
    value - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - option
```
public DataFrameReader option(String key,
                              double value)
```
    Adds an input option for the underlying data source.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - (undocumented)
    
    value - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - options
```
public DataFrameReader options(scala.collection.Map<String,String> options)
```
    (Scala-specific) Adds input options for the underlying data source.
    You can set the following option(s):
    - timeZone (default session local timezone): sets the string that indicates a timezone to be used to parse timestamps in the JSON/CSV datasources or partition values.
    Parameters:
    
    options - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - options
```
public DataFrameReader options(java.util.Map<String,String> options)
```
    Adds input options for the underlying data source.
    You can set the following option(s):
    - timeZone (default session local timezone): sets the string that indicates a timezone to be used to parse timestamps in the JSON/CSV datasources or partition values.
    Parameters:
    
    options - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - load
```
public Dataset<Row> load()
```
    Loads input in as a DataFrame, for data sources that don't require a path (e.g. external key-value stores).
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - load
```
public Dataset<Row> load(String path)
```
    Loads input in as a DataFrame, for data sources that require a path (e.g. data backed by a local or distributed file system).
    
    Parameters:
    
    path - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - load
```
public Dataset<Row> load(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)
```
    Loads input in as a DataFrame, for data sources that support multiple paths. Only works if the source is a HadoopFsRelationProvider.
    
    Parameters:
    
    paths - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.6.0
  - jdbc
```
public Dataset<Row> jdbc(String url,
                         String table,
                         java.util.Properties properties)
```
    Construct a DataFrame representing the database table accessible via JDBC URL url named table and connection properties.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - (undocumented)
    
    table - (undocumented)
    
    properties - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - jdbc
```
public Dataset<Row> jdbc(String url,
                         String table,
                         String columnName,
                         long lowerBound,
                         long upperBound,
                         int numPartitions,
                         java.util.Properties connectionProperties)
```
    Construct a DataFrame representing the database table accessible via JDBC URL url named table. Partitions of the table will be retrieved in parallel based on the parameters passed to this function.
    Don't create too many partitions in parallel on a large cluster; otherwise Spark might crash your external database systems.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - JDBC database url of the form jdbc:subprotocol:subname.
    
    table - Name of the table in the external database.
    
    columnName - the name of a column of integral type that will be used for partitioning.
    
    lowerBound - the minimum value of columnName used to decide partition stride.
    
    upperBound - the maximum value of columnName used to decide partition stride.
    
    numPartitions - the number of partitions. This, along with lowerBound (inclusive), upperBound (exclusive), form partition strides for generated WHERE clause expressions used to split the column columnName evenly. When the input is less than 1, the number is set to 1.
    
    connectionProperties - JDBC database connection arguments, a list of arbitrary string tag/value. Normally at least a "user" and "password" property should be included. "fetchsize" can be used to control the number of rows per fetch.
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - jdbc
```
public Dataset<Row> jdbc(String url,
                         String table,
                         String[] predicates,
                         java.util.Properties connectionProperties)
```
    Construct a DataFrame representing the database table accessible via JDBC URL url named table using connection properties. The predicates parameter gives a list expressions suitable for inclusion in WHERE clauses; each one defines one partition of the DataFrame.
    Don't create too many partitions in parallel on a large cluster; otherwise Spark might crash your external database systems.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - JDBC database url of the form jdbc:subprotocol:subname
    
    table - Name of the table in the external database.
    
    predicates - Condition in the where clause for each partition.
    
    connectionProperties - JDBC database connection arguments, a list of arbitrary string tag/value. Normally at least a "user" and "password" property should be included. "fetchsize" can be used to control the number of rows per fetch.
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - json
```
public Dataset<Row> json(String path)
```
    Loads a JSON file and returns the results as a DataFrame.
    See the documentation on the overloaded json() method with varargs for more details.
    
    Parameters:
    
    path - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - json
```
public Dataset<Row> json(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)
```
    Loads JSON files and returns the results as a DataFrame.
    JSON Lines (newline-delimited JSON) is supported by default. For JSON (one record per file), set the multiLine option to true.
    This function goes through the input once to determine the input schema. If you know the schema in advance, use the version that specifies the schema to avoid the extra scan.
    You can set the following JSON-specific options to deal with non-standard JSON files:
    - primitivesAsString (default false): infers all primitive values as a string type
    - prefersDecimal (default false): infers all floating-point values as a decimal type. If the values do not fit in decimal, then it infers them as doubles.
    - allowComments (default false): ignores Java/C++ style comment in JSON records
    - allowUnquotedFieldNames (default false): allows unquoted JSON field names
    - allowSingleQuotes (default true): allows single quotes in addition to double quotes
    - allowNumericLeadingZeros (default false): allows leading zeros in numbers (e.g. 00012)
    - allowBackslashEscapingAnyCharacter (default false): allows accepting quoting of all character using backslash quoting mechanism
    - mode (default PERMISSIVE): allows a mode for dealing with corrupt records during parsing.
      
      PERMISSIVE : sets other fields to null when it meets a corrupted record, and puts the malformed string into a field configured by columnNameOfCorruptRecord. To keep corrupt records, an user can set a string type field named columnNameOfCorruptRecord in an user-defined schema. If a schema does not have the field, it drops corrupt records during parsing. When inferring a schema, it implicitly adds a columnNameOfCorruptRecord field in an output schema.
      
      DROPMALFORMED : ignores the whole corrupted records.
      
      FAILFAST : throws an exception when it meets corrupted records.
    - columnNameOfCorruptRecord (default is the value specified in spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord): allows renaming the new field having malformed string created by PERMISSIVE mode. This overrides spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord.
    - dateFormat (default yyyy-MM-dd): sets the string that indicates a date format. Custom date formats follow the formats at java.text.SimpleDateFormat. This applies to date type.
    - timestampFormat (default yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX): sets the string that indicates a timestamp format. Custom date formats follow the formats at java.text.SimpleDateFormat. This applies to timestamp type.
    - multiLine (default false): parse one record, which may span multiple lines, per file
    Parameters:
    
    paths - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - json
```
public Dataset<Row> json(JavaRDD<String> jsonRDD)
```
    Deprecated. Use json(Dataset[String]) instead. Since 2.2.0.
    
    Loads a JavaRDD[String] storing JSON objects (JSON Lines text format or newline-delimited JSON) and returns the result as a DataFrame.
    Unless the schema is specified using schema function, this function goes through the input once to determine the input schema.
    
    Parameters:
    
    jsonRDD - input RDD with one JSON object per record
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - json
```
public Dataset<Row> json(RDD<String> jsonRDD)
```
    Deprecated. Use json(Dataset[String]) instead. Since 2.2.0.
    
    Loads an RDD[String] storing JSON objects (JSON Lines text format or newline-delimited JSON) and returns the result as a DataFrame.
    Unless the schema is specified using schema function, this function goes through the input once to determine the input schema.
    
    Parameters:
    
    jsonRDD - input RDD with one JSON object per record
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - json
```
public Dataset<Row> json(Dataset<String> jsonDataset)
```
    Loads a Dataset[String] storing JSON objects (JSON Lines text format or newline-delimited JSON) and returns the result as a DataFrame.
    Unless the schema is specified using schema function, this function goes through the input once to determine the input schema.
    
    Parameters:
    
    jsonDataset - input Dataset with one JSON object per record
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.2.0
  - csv
```
public Dataset<Row> csv(String path)
```
    Loads a CSV file and returns the result as a DataFrame. See the documentation on the other overloaded csv() method for more details.
    
    Parameters:
    
    path - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - csv
```
public Dataset<Row> csv(Dataset<String> csvDataset)
```
    Loads an Dataset[String] storing CSV rows and returns the result as a DataFrame.
    If the schema is not specified using schema function and inferSchema option is enabled, this function goes through the input once to determine the input schema.
    If the schema is not specified using schema function and inferSchema option is disabled, it determines the columns as string types and it reads only the first line to determine the names and the number of fields.
    
    Parameters:
    
    csvDataset - input Dataset with one CSV row per record
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.2.0
  - csv
```
public Dataset<Row> csv(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)
```
    Loads CSV files and returns the result as a DataFrame.
    This function will go through the input once to determine the input schema if inferSchema is enabled. To avoid going through the entire data once, disable inferSchema option or specify the schema explicitly using schema.
    You can set the following CSV-specific options to deal with CSV files:
    - sep (default ,): sets the single character as a separator for each field and value.
    - encoding (default UTF-8): decodes the CSV files by the given encoding type.
    - quote (default "): sets the single character used for escaping quoted values where the separator can be part of the value. If you would like to turn off quotations, you need to set not null but an empty string. This behaviour is different from com.databricks.spark.csv.
    - escape (default \): sets the single character used for escaping quotes inside an already quoted value.
    - comment (default empty string): sets the single character used for skipping lines beginning with this character. By default, it is disabled.
    - header (default false): uses the first line as names of columns.
    - inferSchema (default false): infers the input schema automatically from data. It requires one extra pass over the data.
    - ignoreLeadingWhiteSpace (default false): a flag indicating whether or not leading whitespaces from values being read should be skipped.
    - ignoreTrailingWhiteSpace (default false): a flag indicating whether or not trailing whitespaces from values being read should be skipped.
    - nullValue (default empty string): sets the string representation of a null value. Since 2.0.1, this applies to all supported types including the string type.
    - nanValue (default NaN): sets the string representation of a non-number" value.
    - positiveInf (default Inf): sets the string representation of a positive infinity value.
    - negativeInf (default -Inf): sets the string representation of a negative infinity value.
    - dateFormat (default yyyy-MM-dd): sets the string that indicates a date format. Custom date formats follow the formats at java.text.SimpleDateFormat. This applies to date type.
    - timestampFormat (default yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX): sets the string that indicates a timestamp format. Custom date formats follow the formats at java.text.SimpleDateFormat. This applies to timestamp type.
    - maxColumns (default 20480): defines a hard limit of how many columns a record can have.
    - maxCharsPerColumn (default -1): defines the maximum number of characters allowed for any given value being read. By default, it is -1 meaning unlimited length
    - mode (default PERMISSIVE): allows a mode for dealing with corrupt records during parsing. It supports the following case-insensitive modes.
      
      PERMISSIVE : sets other fields to null when it meets a corrupted record, and puts the malformed string into a field configured by columnNameOfCorruptRecord. To keep corrupt records, an user can set a string type field named columnNameOfCorruptRecord in an user-defined schema. If a schema does not have the field, it drops corrupt records during parsing. When a length of parsed CSV tokens is shorter than an expected length of a schema, it sets null for extra fields.
      
      DROPMALFORMED : ignores the whole corrupted records.
      
      FAILFAST : throws an exception when it meets corrupted records.
    - columnNameOfCorruptRecord (default is the value specified in spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord): allows renaming the new field having malformed string created by PERMISSIVE mode. This overrides spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord.
    - multiLine (default false): parse one record, which may span multiple lines.
    Parameters:
    
    paths - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - parquet
```
public Dataset<Row> parquet(String path)
```
    Loads a Parquet file, returning the result as a DataFrame. See the documentation on the other overloaded parquet() method for more details.
    
    Parameters:
    
    path - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - parquet
```
public Dataset<Row> parquet(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)
```
    Loads a Parquet file, returning the result as a DataFrame.
    You can set the following Parquet-specific option(s) for reading Parquet files:
    - mergeSchema (default is the value specified in spark.sql.parquet.mergeSchema): sets whether we should merge schemas collected from all Parquet part-files. This will override spark.sql.parquet.mergeSchema.
    Parameters:
    
    paths - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - orc
```
public Dataset<Row> orc(String path)
```
    Loads an ORC file and returns the result as a DataFrame.
    
    Parameters:
    
    path - input path
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.5.0
    
    Note:
    
    Currently, this method can only be used after enabling Hive support.
  - orc
```
public Dataset<Row> orc(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)
```
    Loads ORC files and returns the result as a DataFrame.
    
    Parameters:
    
    paths - input paths
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
    
    Note:
    
    Currently, this method can only be used after enabling Hive support.
  - table
```
public Dataset<Row> table(String tableName)
```
    Returns the specified table as a DataFrame.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tableName - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - text
```
public Dataset<Row> text(String path)
```
    Loads text files and returns a DataFrame whose schema starts with a string column named "value", and followed by partitioned columns if there are any. See the documentation on the other overloaded text() method for more details.
    
    Parameters:
    
    path - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - text
```
public Dataset<Row> text(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)
```
    Loads text files and returns a DataFrame whose schema starts with a string column named "value", and followed by partitioned columns if there are any.
    Each line in the text files is a new row in the resulting DataFrame. For example:
```
   // Scala:
   spark.read.text("/path/to/spark/README.md")

   // Java:
   spark.read().text("/path/to/spark/README.md")
 
```
    Parameters:
    
    paths - input paths
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    1.6.0
  - textFile
```
public Dataset<String> textFile(String path)
```
    Loads text files and returns a Dataset of String. See the documentation on the other overloaded textFile() method for more details.
    
    Parameters:
    
    path - (undocumented)
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0
  - textFile
```
public Dataset<String> textFile(scala.collection.Seq<String> paths)
```
    Loads text files and returns a Dataset of String. The underlying schema of the Dataset contains a single string column named "value".
    If the directory structure of the text files contains partitioning information, those are ignored in the resulting Dataset. To include partitioning information as columns, use text.
    Each line in the text files is a new element in the resulting Dataset. For example:
```
   // Scala:
   spark.read.textFile("/path/to/spark/README.md")

   // Java:
   spark.read().textFile("/path/to/spark/README.md")
 
```
    Parameters:
    
    paths - input path
    
    Returns:
    
    (undocumented)
    
    Since:
    
    2.0.0

Class DataFrameReader

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class Object

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.spark.internal.Logging

Method Detail

load

json

csv

parquet

orc

text

textFile

format

schema

option

option

option

option

options

options

load

load

load

jdbc

jdbc

jdbc

json

json

json

json

json

csv

csv

csv

parquet

parquet

orc

orc

table

text

text

textFile

textFile