This patch introduces DataFrameWriter and DataFrameReader.
DataFrameReader interface, accessible through SQLContext.read, contains methods that create DataFrames. These methods used to reside in SQLContext. Example usage:
```scala
sqlContext.read.json("...")
sqlContext.read.parquet("...")
```
DataFrameWriter interface, accessible through DataFrame.write, implements a builder pattern to avoid the proliferation of options in writing DataFrame out. It currently implements:
- mode
- format (e.g. "parquet", "json")
- options (generic options passed down into data sources)
- partitionBy (partitioning columns)
Example usage:
```scala
df.write.mode("append").format("json").partitionBy("date").saveAsTable("myJsonTable")
```
TODO:
- [ ] Documentation update
- [ ] Move JDBC into reader / writer?
- [ ] Deprecate the old interfaces
- [ ] Move the generic load interface into reader.
- [ ] Update example code and documentation
Author: Reynold Xin <rxin@databricks.com>
Closes#6175 from rxin/reader-writer and squashes the following commits:
b146c95 [Reynold Xin] Deprecation of old APIs.
bd8abdf [Reynold Xin] Fixed merge conflict.
26abea2 [Reynold Xin] Added general load methods.
244fbec [Reynold Xin] Added equivalent to example.
4f15d92 [Reynold Xin] Added documentation for partitionBy.
7e91611 [Reynold Xin] [SPARK-7654][SQL] DataFrameReader and DataFrameWriter for input/output API.
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