[SPARK-7231] [SPARKR] Changes to make SparkR DataFrame dplyr friendly.

R/pkg/NAMESPACE

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ export("print.jobj")
 
 exportClasses("DataFrame")
 
-exportMethods("cache",
+exportMethods("arrange",
+              "cache",
               "collect",
               "columns",
               "count",
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ exportMethods("cache",
               "explain",
               "filter",
               "first",
+              "group_by",
               "groupBy",
               "head",
               "insertInto",
@@ -29,12 +31,15 @@ exportMethods("cache",
               "length",
               "limit",
               "orderBy",
+              "mutate",
               "names",
               "persist",
               "printSchema",
               "registerTempTable",
+              "rename",
               "repartition",
               "sampleDF",
+              "sample_frac",
               "saveAsParquetFile",
               "saveAsTable",
               "saveDF",
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ exportMethods("cache",
               "selectExpr",
               "show",
               "showDF",
-              "sortDF",
+              "summarize",
               "take",
               "unionAll",
               "unpersist",
@@ -73,6 +78,8 @@ exportMethods("abs",
               "max",
               "mean",
               "min",
+              "n",
+              "n_distinct",
               "rlike",
               "sqrt",
               "startsWith",

R/pkg/R/DataFrame.R

@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ setMethod("distinct",
 #' @param withReplacement Sampling with replacement or not
 #' @param fraction The (rough) sample target fraction
 #' @rdname sampleDF
+#' @alias sample_frac
 #' @export
 #' @examples
 #'\dontrun{
@@ -498,6 +499,15 @@ setMethod("sampleDF",
             dataFrame(sdf)
           })
 
+#' @rdname sampleDF
+#' @alias sampleDF
+setMethod("sample_frac",
+          signature(x = "DataFrame", withReplacement = "logical",
+                    fraction = "numeric"),
+          function(x, withReplacement, fraction) {
+            sampleDF(x, withReplacement, fraction)
+          })
+
 #' Count
 #' 
 #' Returns the number of rows in a DataFrame
@@ -679,7 +689,8 @@ setMethod("toRDD",
 #' @param x a DataFrame
 #' @return a GroupedData
 #' @seealso GroupedData
-#' @rdname DataFrame
+#' @alias group_by
+#' @rdname groupBy
 #' @export
 #' @examples
 #' \dontrun{
@@ -702,18 +713,35 @@ setMethod("groupBy",
              groupedData(sgd)
            })
 
-#' Agg
+#' @rdname groupBy
+#' @aliases group_by
+setMethod("group_by",
+          signature(x = "DataFrame"),
+          function(x, ...) {
+            groupBy(x, ...)
+          })
+
+#' Summarize data across columns
 #'
 #' Compute aggregates by specifying a list of columns
 #'
 #' @rdname DataFrame
+#' @alias summarize
 #' @export
 setMethod("agg",
           signature(x = "DataFrame"),
           function(x, ...) {
             agg(groupBy(x), ...)
           })
 
+#' @rdname DataFrame
+#' @alias agg
+setMethod("summarize",
+          signature(x = "DataFrame"),
+          function(x, ...) {
+            agg(x, ...)
+          })
+
 
 ############################## RDD Map Functions ##################################
 # All of the following functions mirror the existing RDD map functions,           #
@@ -881,7 +909,7 @@ setMethod("select",
           signature(x = "DataFrame", col = "list"),
           function(x, col) {
             cols <- lapply(col, function(c) {
-              if (class(c)== "Column") {
+              if (class(c) == "Column") {
                 c@jc
               } else {
                 col(c)@jc
@@ -941,6 +969,42 @@ setMethod("withColumn",
             select(x, x$"*", alias(col, colName))
           })
 
+#' Mutate
+#'
+#' Return a new DataFrame with the specified columns added.
+#'
+#' @param x A DataFrame
+#' @param col a named argument of the form name = col
+#' @return A new DataFrame with the new columns added.
+#' @rdname withColumn
+#' @alias withColumn
+#' @export
+#' @examples
+#'\dontrun{
+#' sc <- sparkR.init()
+#' sqlCtx <- sparkRSQL.init(sc)
+#' path <- "path/to/file.json"
+#' df <- jsonFile(sqlCtx, path)
+#' newDF <- mutate(df, newCol = df$col1 * 5, newCol2 = df$col1 * 2)
+#' names(newDF) # Will contain newCol, newCol2
+#' }
+setMethod("mutate",
+          signature(x = "DataFrame"),
+          function(x, ...) {
+            cols <- list(...)
+            stopifnot(length(cols) > 0)
+            stopifnot(class(cols[[1]]) == "Column")
+            ns <- names(cols)
+            if (!is.null(ns)) {
+              for (n in ns) {
+                if (n != "") {
+                  cols[[n]] <- alias(cols[[n]], n)
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            do.call(select, c(x, x$"*", cols))
+          })
+
 #' WithColumnRenamed
 #'
 #' Rename an existing column in a DataFrame.
@@ -972,29 +1036,67 @@ setMethod("withColumnRenamed",
             select(x, cols)
           })
 
+#' Rename
+#'
+#' Rename an existing column in a DataFrame.
+#'
+#' @param x A DataFrame
+#' @param newCol A named pair of the form new_column_name = existing_column
+#' @return A DataFrame with the column name changed.
+#' @rdname withColumnRenamed
+#' @alias withColumnRenamed
+#' @export
+#' @examples
+#'\dontrun{
+#' sc <- sparkR.init()
+#' sqlCtx <- sparkRSQL.init(sc)
+#' path <- "path/to/file.json"
+#' df <- jsonFile(sqlCtx, path)
+#' newDF <- rename(df, col1 = df$newCol1)
+#' }
+setMethod("rename",
+          signature(x = "DataFrame"),
+          function(x, ...) {
+            renameCols <- list(...)
+            stopifnot(length(renameCols) > 0)
+            stopifnot(class(renameCols[[1]]) == "Column")
+            newNames <- names(renameCols)
+            oldNames <- lapply(renameCols, function(col) {
+              callJMethod(col@jc, "toString")
+            })
+            cols <- lapply(columns(x), function(c) {
+              if (c %in% oldNames) {
+                alias(col(c), newNames[[match(c, oldNames)]])
+              } else {
+                col(c)
+              }
+            })
+            select(x, cols)
+          })
+
 setClassUnion("characterOrColumn", c("character", "Column"))
 
-#' SortDF 
+#' Arrange
 #'
 #' Sort a DataFrame by the specified column(s).
 #'
 #' @param x A DataFrame to be sorted.
 #' @param col Either a Column object or character vector indicating the field to sort on
 #' @param ... Additional sorting fields
 #' @return A DataFrame where all elements are sorted.
-#' @rdname sortDF
+#' @rdname arrange
 #' @export
 #' @examples
 #'\dontrun{
 #' sc <- sparkR.init()
 #' sqlCtx <- sparkRSQL.init(sc)
 #' path <- "path/to/file.json"
 #' df <- jsonFile(sqlCtx, path)
-#' sortDF(df, df$col1)
-#' sortDF(df, "col1")
-#' sortDF(df, asc(df$col1), desc(abs(df$col2)))
+#' arrange(df, df$col1)
+#' arrange(df, "col1")
+#' arrange(df, asc(df$col1), desc(abs(df$col2)))
 #' }
-setMethod("sortDF",
+setMethod("arrange",
           signature(x = "DataFrame", col = "characterOrColumn"),
           function(x, col, ...) {
             if (class(col) == "character") {
@@ -1008,20 +1110,21 @@ setMethod("sortDF",
             dataFrame(sdf)
           })
 
-#' @rdname sortDF
+#' @rdname arrange
+#' @aliases orderBy,DataFrame,function-method
 #' @export
 setMethod("orderBy",
           signature(x = "DataFrame", col = "characterOrColumn"),
           function(x, col) {
-            sortDF(x, col)
+            arrange(x, col)
           })
 
 #' Filter
 #'
 #' Filter the rows of a DataFrame according to a given condition.
 #'
 #' @param x A DataFrame to be sorted.
-#' @param condition The condition to sort on. This may either be a Column expression
+#' @param condition The condition to filter on. This may either be a Column expression
 #' or a string containing a SQL statement
 #' @return A DataFrame containing only the rows that meet the condition.
 #' @rdname filter
@@ -1101,6 +1204,7 @@ setMethod("join",
 #'
 #' Return a new DataFrame containing the union of rows in this DataFrame
 #' and another DataFrame. This is equivalent to `UNION ALL` in SQL.
+#' Note that this does not remove duplicate rows across the two DataFrames.
 #'
 #' @param x A Spark DataFrame
 #' @param y A Spark DataFrame

R/pkg/R/column.R

@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ createMethods()
 
 #' alias
 #'
+#' @rdname column
+#'
 #' Set a new name for a column
 setMethod("alias",
           signature(object = "Column"),
@@ -143,6 +145,8 @@ setMethod("alias",
 
 #' An expression that returns a substring.
 #'
+#' @rdname column
+#'
 #' @param start starting position
 #' @param stop ending position
 setMethod("substr", signature(x = "Column"),
@@ -152,6 +156,9 @@ setMethod("substr", signature(x = "Column"),
           })
 
 #' Casts the column to a different data type.
+#'
+#' @rdname column
+#'
 #' @examples
 #' \dontrun{
 #'   cast(df$age, "string")
@@ -173,8 +180,9 @@ setMethod("cast",
 
 #' Approx Count Distinct
 #'
-#' Returns the approximate number of distinct items in a group.
+#' @rdname column
 #'
+#' Returns the approximate number of distinct items in a group.
 setMethod("approxCountDistinct",
           signature(x = "Column"),
           function(x, rsd = 0.95) {
@@ -184,8 +192,9 @@ setMethod("approxCountDistinct",
 
 #' Count Distinct
 #'
-#' returns the number of distinct items in a group.
+#' @rdname column
 #'
+#' returns the number of distinct items in a group.
 setMethod("countDistinct",
           signature(x = "Column"),
           function(x, ...) {
@@ -197,3 +206,18 @@ setMethod("countDistinct",
             column(jc)
           })
 
+#' @rdname column
+#' @alias countDistinct
+setMethod("n_distinct",
+          signature(x = "Column"),
+          function(x, ...) {
+            countDistinct(x, ...)
+          })
+
+#' @rdname column
+#' @alias count
+setMethod("n",
+          signature(x = "Column"),
+          function(x) {
+            count(x)
+          })