[Kernel] Add support for nested column reference expression #2078
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Description
Part of #2071 (Partition Pruning in Kernel). We need a way to reference the
partitionValues
nested column in scan fileColumnarBatch
.Currently, the
Column
expression can only be used to refer to a top-level column. There is no way to refer to a nested column. This PR updates theColumn
expression to be a multi-part identifier. This is similar to the Spark'sNamedReference
DSv2 expression.Fixes #2040 (also contains different approaches to refer to a nested column).
How was this patch tested?
Added a UT