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package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst

import org.apache.spark.sql.Encoder

package object encoders {
  /**
   * Returns an internal encoder object that can be used to serialize / deserialize JVM objects
   * into Spark SQL rows.  The implicit encoder should always be unresolved (i.e. have no attribute
   * references from a specific schema.)  This requirement allows us to preserve whether a given
   * object type is being bound by name or by ordinal when doing resolution.
   */
  def encoderFor[A : Encoder]: ExpressionEncoder[A] = implicitly[Encoder[A]] match {
    case e: ExpressionEncoder[A] =>
      e.assertUnresolved()
      e
    case _ => sys.error(s"Only expression encoders are supported today")
  }
}
