InputPartition

A base class representing an input partition returned by the partitions() method of DataSourceReader.

Added in Databricks Runtime 14.3 LTS

Syntax

InputPartition(value)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
value	any	The value identifying this partition.

Notes

This class must be picklable.

Examples

Use the default input partition implementation:

def partitions(self):
    return [InputPartition(1)]

Subclass the input partition class:

from dataclasses import dataclass

@dataclass
class RangeInputPartition(InputPartition):
    start: int
    end: int

def partitions(self):
    return [RangeInputPartition(1, 3), RangeInputPartition(4, 6)]