[SPARK-51384][SQL] Support java.time.LocalTime as the external type of TimeType
#50153
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
In the PR, I propose to support
java.time.LocalTimeas the external type of new data typeTIMEintroduced by #50103. After the changes, users can create Datasets withTimeTypecolumns and collect them back as instances ofjava.time.LocalTime. For example:By default the external type is encoded to the
TIMEtype column with precision = 6 (microseconds).Why are the changes needed?
Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
Yes, in some sense since the PR allow to create
TimeTypecolumns using Scala/Java APIs.How was this patch tested?
By running new tests:
and modified:
Was this patch authored or co-authored using generative AI tooling?
No.