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[query] Add Arrow <-> Hail type conversions - #15665
Any proposed open columnar format that we intend to evolve hail to make use of can be described with an Arrow schema, making Arrow's types a common denominator for future work in this direction. This change adds the mapping between Hail physical types and that schema, in both directions, in a new is.hail.types.arrow package.
ArrowSchemaConversion converts a PStruct to an Arrow Schema and back. There's a 1:1 mapping between Arrow's nullability and PType requiredness. Both directions take the reference genome map: loci need the contig list to write, and reading checks that the stored contigs match the defined genome.
dict<K, V>: map<entries: struct<key: K, value: V>>, keysSorted=true,
and keys are always non-nullable
struct: struct
tuple: struct with fields "0", "1", ... plus hail.tuple
call: int32 with hail.call, metadata {"encoding":1}
locus: int64 packed as (contig_index << 32) | position, with hail.locus storing the reference genome name and ordered contigs
interval: struct<start, end, includes_start, includes_end> with hail.interval
ndarray: Arrow's canonical arrow.variable_shape_tensor
(struct<data: list, shape: fixed_size_list[ndim]>), which
arrow-java does not provide
Extension metadata is a JSON object. Arrow -> Hail accepts only what Hail -> Arrow produces and rejects anything else with a clear error. That includes unregistered extension types, dictionary encoding and duplicate field names. Types that cannot be stored (RNG state, void) are also rejected. Extension types do not create Arrow vectors, as they are unneeded for now.
Declare arrow-vector 18.3.0 (Spark 4.1.2's version) as a compile-only dependency now that Hail uses it directly.
Open Question
What form should actually be used for the reference genome metadata, as a first pass, we put the ordered contig list into the extension metadata. For GRCh38, this puts all 3000 contigs in the metadata, adding ~100KB to said metadata, not awful, but not great.
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- Around line 315-319: Update the primitive-type branches in fromArrowField to
reject fields that have children instead of silently returning a primitive Hail
type. Add a malformed primitive field to unsupportedArrowFields and verify
conversion rejects it, while preserving conversion of valid childless primitive
fields.
Walkthrough
The change adds Arrow extension types and bidirectional conversion between Hail physical types and Arrow schemas. It also adds tests for supported representations, round trips, and invalid or unsupported inputs.
Changes: Arrow schema conversion
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Summary
Arrow extension types and metadata hail/hail/package.mill, hail/hail/src/is/hail/types/arrow/ExtensionTypes.scala
Adds arrow-vector 18.3.0 as a compile-time dependency. Defines extension registration and storage and metadata validation for marker, call, and locus types.
Adds Hail-to-Arrow and Arrow-to-Hail conversions for supported physical types. The conversion handles nested fields, requiredness, and type-specific validation.
Conversion and validation tests hail/hail/test/src/is/hail/types/arrow/ArrowSchemaConversionSuite.scala
Tests type round trips and Arrow representations. Tests also cover rejected types, layouts, metadata, call encodings, and reference-genome mismatches.
sequenceDiagram
participant HailPhysicalType
participant ArrowSchemaConversion
participant ExtensionTypes
participant ArrowSchema
ArrowSchemaConversion->>ExtensionTypes: register extension types
HailPhysicalType->>ArrowSchemaConversion: provide physical type
ArrowSchemaConversion->>ArrowSchema: construct schema and fields
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Possibly related PRs
hail-is/hail#15870: Changes the locus reference-genome type contract used when Arrow schema conversion constructs a Hail locus type.
hail-is/hail#15879: Adds packed locus representations that relate to the Arrow locus extension's int64 storage.
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Merge Risk: Low · up to 71c45
The conversions retain several edge-case validation gaps that can accept malformed schemas, plus an inaccurate requiredness description. These warrant bounded follow-up or explicit owner acceptance; no serious failure in ordinary supported conversions is established.
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The title "[query] Add Arrow <-> Hail type conversions" matches the main change. The changeset adds ArrowSchemaConversion, which maps Hail physical types to and from Arrow schemas in a new is.hail.types.arrow package. The title is concise, specific, and follows the repository's [query] prefix convention.
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The description covers the change purpose, the type mapping, the validation rules, and an open question about reference genome metadata size. It also includes a Security Assessment section. It does not follow the template fully. It omits the "Fixes #<issue_number>" line, which is optional and may be N/A. It also does not state which security option applies, and it gives no Impact Rating, Impact Description, or Appsec Review. The template states those sections are required only when the change potentially impacts the Hail Batch instance. The author states that the change cannot impact that instance, so the sections can be deleted. The author's Security Assessment text is brief but matches that option. The description is mostly complete.
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Optional: state the security option explicitly by keeping the line "This change cannot impact the Hail Batch instance as deployed by Broad Institute in GCP" and removing the other option. Optional: add a "Fixes #<issue_number>" line or remove that line. No other changes are required.
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- Around line 108-112: Update the class documentation for Arrow requiredness to
state that Arrow nullability preserves requiredness only below the root, that
the root struct has no Arrow nullability and always reads back as required, and
that dict keys are always non-nullable.
- Around line 204-210: Update `fromArrowField` in the primitive and
scalar-extension branches to reject fields with children before returning their
PType. Reuse or add a `noChildren` check for bool, integer, float, UTF-8,
binary, call, and locus types; preserve the existing PType construction when no
children are present.
- Around line 214-218: In the map branch of fromArrowField, validate the entries
field for dictionary encoding and unregistered extension metadata immediately
after requiredChild(onlyChild()), before checking its struct type. Reuse the
rejection behavior and messages used by fromArrowField for these field guards.
Review comments at
@hail/hail/test/src/is/hail/types/arrow/ArrowSchemaConversionSuite.scala:
- Around line 300-392: Update the map decoder to reject layouts unless the
entries struct is named EntriesFieldName and its children are named KeyFieldName
and ValueFieldName in order, while preserving existing structural and
requiredness checks. Add negative fixtures to unsupportedArrowFields() for
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Correct the class doc: the root struct's requiredness is not preserved.
toArrowSchema ignores the requiredness of the root PStruct. It maps only its fields, so an optional root reads back as required. The class doc says nullability carries requiredness "at every level", and the root is not covered. The doc should state this root exception.
📝 Suggested doc fix
- * Arrow nullability carries Hail requiredness at every level, with one exception: dict keys are- * always non-nullable, so a dict whose key type is optional reads back with a required key type.+ * Arrow nullability carries Hail requiredness at every level below the root.+ * The root struct has no Arrow nullability, so it always reads back as required.+ * Dict keys are also always non-nullable, so a dict whose key type is optional reads back with a+ * required key type.
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Update the class documentation for Arrow requiredness to state that Arrow
nullability preserves requiredness only below the root, that the root struct has
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fromArrowField rejects dictionary encoding and unregistered extension metadata. The map branch reads its entries struct with requiredChild(onlyChild()) and never passes it through those checks. A map whose entries field carries either encoding converts to PCanonicalDict. Reject both on the entries field before its type is checked.
Suggested fix
val entries = requiredChild(onlyChild())
+ if (entries.getDictionary != null)+ unsupported("dictionary encoding is not supported")+ if (entries.getMetadata.containsKey(ArrowType.ExtensionType.EXTENSION_METADATA_KEY_NAME))+ unsupported(+ s"unregistered extension type '${entries.getMetadata.get(ArrowType.ExtensionType.EXTENSION_METADATA_KEY_NAME)}'"+ )
if (entries.getType != ArrowType.Struct.INSTANCE || entries.getChildren.size != 2)
unsupported("map entries must be a struct with two fields")
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if (!t.getKeysSorted) unsupported("map keys must be sorted")
valentries= requiredChild(onlyChild())
if (entries.getType !=ArrowType.Struct.INSTANCE|| entries.getChildren.size !=2)
unsupported("map entries must be a struct with two fields")
valkey= requiredChild(entries.getChildren.get(0))
if (!t.getKeysSorted) unsupported("map keys must be sorted")
valentries= requiredChild(onlyChild())
if (entries.getDictionary !=null)
unsupported("dictionary encoding is not supported")
if (entries.getMetadata.containsKey(ArrowType.ExtensionType.EXTENSION_METADATA_KEY_NAME))
unsupported(
s"unregistered extension type '${entries.getMetadata.get(ArrowType.ExtensionType.EXTENSION_METADATA_KEY_NAME)}'"
)
if (entries.getType !=ArrowType.Struct.INSTANCE|| entries.getChildren.size !=2)
unsupported("map entries must be a struct with two fields")
valkey= requiredChild(entries.getChildren.get(0))
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around lines 214 - 218:
In the map branch of fromArrowField, validate the entries field for dictionary
encoding and unregistered extension metadata immediately after
requiredChild(onlyChild()), before checking its struct type. Reuse the rejection
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Validate map entry field names.
The map decoder must reject entries whose field names differ from the Hail-produced layout. It currently checks only the sort flag, requiredness, struct type, and child count, then converts children by position. Add name checks for entries, key, and value, plus negative fixtures for misnamed fields.
Suggested fix
val entries = requiredChild(onlyChild())
if (entries.getType != ArrowType.Struct.INSTANCE || entries.getChildren.size != 2)
unsupported("map entries must be a struct with two fields")
- val key = requiredChild(entries.getChildren.get(0))- PCanonicalDict(convert(key), convert(entries.getChildren.get(1)), required)+ if (entries.getName != EntriesFieldName)+ unsupported(s"map entries must be named '$EntriesFieldName'")+ val entryChildren = entries.getChildren.asScala.toIndexedSeq+ if (entryChildren.map(_.getName) != IndexedSeq(KeyFieldName, ValueFieldName))+ unsupported(s"map entries must have child fields '$KeyFieldName' and '$ValueFieldName'")+ val key = requiredChild(entryChildren(0))+ PCanonicalDict(convert(key), convert(entryChildren(1)), required)
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lines 300 - 392:
Update the map decoder to reject layouts unless the entries struct is named
EntriesFieldName and its children are named KeyFieldName and ValueFieldName in
order, while preserving existing structural and requiredness checks. Add
negative fixtures to unsupportedArrowFields() for misnamed entries, key, and
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Add name checks and negative fixtures for misnamed list, set, tensor, and map-entry children.
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Add name checks and negative fixtures for misnamed list, set, tensor, and map-entry children.
unsupportedArrowFields has no fixture with a misnamed element, entries, key, or value child. The decoder does not check these names, so it accepts such layouts. Add name checks in fromArrowField for these layouts, then add misnamed fixtures to unsupportedArrowFields. Current type and count checks do not reject them.
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Update fromArrowField to validate the expected child names for list, set,
tensor, and map-entry layouts, including element, entries, key, and value. Add
corresponding misnamed-child negative fixtures to unsupportedArrowFields,
preserving the existing type and child-count checks.
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I think this change is a good target for property based testing (via scalacheck/Gen). While seeing explicit test cases for types is nice, it's hard to gauge if these tests are total.
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Reject child fields on scalar Arrow types.
fromArrowField returns PInt32, PCanonicalCall, and PPackedLocus without checking children. A call, locus, or primitive field with child fields is accepted, and the children are dropped. The scaladoc says the converter accepts only the Arrow types that Hail-to-Arrow produces, and the writer emits no children for these types. Reject any child fields on these branches, as shown below.
Suggested fix
@@ fromArrowField
def onlyChild(): Field =
if (children.length == 1) children.head
else unsupported(s"expected 1 child field, found ${children.length}")
+ def noChildren(): Unit =+ if (children.nonEmpty)+ unsupported(s"expected no child fields, found ${children.length}")+
def convert(f: Field): PType = fromArrowField(f, references)
@@
case _: CallExtensionType if field.getType == CallExtensionType.Current =>
- PCanonicalCall(required)+ noChildren()+ PCanonicalCall(required)
@@
case t: LocusExtensionType =>
+ noChildren()
val rg = references.get(t.referenceGenome).getOrElse(
@@
- case ArrowType.Bool.INSTANCE => PBoolean(required)- case Int32 => PInt32(required)- case Int64 => PInt64(required)- case Float32 => PFloat32(required)- case Float64 => PFloat64(required)- case ArrowType.Utf8.INSTANCE => PCanonicalString(required)- case ArrowType.Binary.INSTANCE => PCanonicalBinary(required)+ case ArrowType.Bool.INSTANCE => noChildren(); PBoolean(required)+ case Int32 => noChildren(); PInt32(required)+ case Int64 => noChildren(); PInt64(required)+ case Float32 => noChildren(); PFloat32(required)+ case Float64 => noChildren(); PFloat64(required)+ case ArrowType.Utf8.INSTANCE => noChildren(); PCanonicalString(required)+ case ArrowType.Binary.INSTANCE => noChildren(); PCanonicalBinary(required)
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Update fromArrowField to reject nonempty child fields on scalar Arrow types that
discard them, including CallExtensionType, LocusExtensionType, and primitive
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Apache Arrow Java Field getType for dictionary-encoded field returns value type or index type DictionaryEncoding indexType Arrow 18
Result:
Sources consulted:
- ValueVector — Apache Arrow v18.0.0 — https://arrow.apache.org/docs/18.0/java/vector.html
- Field (Apache Arrow Java Root POM 18.2.0 API) — https://arrow.apache.org/java/18.2.0/reference/org.apache.arrow.vector/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Field.html
- DictionaryEncoder (Apache Arrow Java Root POM 18.2.0 API) — https://arrow.apache.org/java/18.2.0/reference/org.apache.arrow.vector/org/apache/arrow/vector/dictionary/DictionaryEncoder.html
- arrow/docs/source/format/CDataInterface.rst at main · apache/arrow · GitHub — https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/docs/source/format/CDataInterface.rst
- Reading and writing data — Apache Arrow Java Cookbook documentation — https://arrow.apache.org/cookbook/dev/java/io.html
- …and 27 more
Apply the dictionary and extension-metadata checks to structural children.
fromArrowField rejects dictionary encoding and unregistered extension metadata only on the field it converts. Interval flags, tensor shape and data, and map entries skip those checks. Such a schema is accepted, though the file docstring says Arrow-to-Hail accepts exactly what Hail-to-Arrow produces. Route these children through a check that rejects both annotations.
Suggested fix
def requiredChild(f: Field): Field =
- if (f.isNullable) unsupported(s"child field '${f.getName}' must be non-nullable")- else f+ if (f.isNullable) unsupported(s"child field '${f.getName}' must be non-nullable")+ else if (f.getDictionary != null)+ unsupported(s"child field '${f.getName}' uses dictionary encoding")+ else if (+ !f.getType.isInstanceOf[ArrowType.ExtensionType] &&+ f.getMetadata.containsKey(ArrowType.ExtensionType.EXTENSION_METADATA_KEY_NAME)+ ) unsupported(s"child field '${f.getName}' has unregistered extension metadata")+ else f
- for (f <- Seq(includesStart, includesEnd))- if (f.isNullable || f.getType != ArrowType.Bool.INSTANCE || !f.getChildren.isEmpty)- unsupported(s"interval '${f.getName}' must be a non-nullable bool")+ for (f <- Seq(includesStart, includesEnd)) {+ requiredChild(f)+ if (f.getType != ArrowType.Bool.INSTANCE || !f.getChildren.isEmpty)+ unsupported(s"interval '${f.getName}' must be a non-nullable bool")+ }
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around lines 163 - 165:
Update the structural-child validation used by fromArrowField to reject
dictionary encoding and unregistered extension metadata, in addition to
preserving existing nullability checks. Apply that validation to interval flags,
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Any proposed open columnar format that we intend to evolve hail to make
use of can be described with an Arrow schema, making Arrow's types
a common denominator for future work in this direction. This change adds
the mapping between Hail physical types and that schema, in both
directions, in a new `is.hail.types.arrow` package.
`ArrowSchemaConversion` converts a PStruct to an Arrow Schema and back.
There's a 1:1 mapping between Arrow's nullability and PType
requiredness. Both directions take the reference genome map: loci need
the contig list to write, and reading checks that the stored contigs
match the defined genome.
Mapping:
- bool, int32, int64, float32, float64: Arrow primitives (signed ints)
- str, binary: utf8, binary (32-bit offsets)
- array<T>: list<element: T>
- set<T>: list<element: T> with `hail.set`
- dict<K, V>: map<entries: struct<key: K, value: V>>, keysSorted=true,
and keys are always non-nullable
- struct: struct
- tuple: struct with fields "0", "1", ... plus `hail.tuple`
- call: int32 with `hail.call`, metadata {"encoding":1}
- locus: int64 packed as (contig_index << 32) | position, with
`hail.locus` storing the reference genome name and ordered contigs
- interval<T>: struct<start, end, includes_start, includes_end> with
`hail.interval`
- ndarray: Arrow's canonical `arrow.variable_shape_tensor`
(struct<data: list<T>, shape: fixed_size_list<int32>[ndim]>), which
arrow-java does not provide
Extension metadata is a JSON object. Arrow -> Hail accepts only what
Hail -> Arrow produces and rejects anything else with a clear error.
That includes unregistered extension types, dictionary encoding and
duplicate field names. Types that cannot be stored (RNG state, void)
are also rejected. Extension types do not create Arrow vectors, since
the columnar writer drives parquet-java directly.
Declare arrow-vector 18.3.0 (Spark 4.1.2's version) as a compile-only
dependency now that Hail uses it directly.
Add a top-level duplicate-name test for fromArrowSchema.
testSchemaRoundTrip covers only unique top-level names. The only duplicate-name fixture is a nested struct field, which reaches structFields through fromArrowField. fromArrowSchema calls structFields directly. A change that bypasses the duplicate check on the top-level path would not fail this suite. Current behavior is correct, so this test adds regression coverage.
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@Test def testSchemaRoundTrip(): Unit = {
val t = PCanonicalStruct(
true,
"a" -> PInt32(true),
"b" -> PCanonicalArray(PCanonicalString(false), false),
)
val schema = ArrowSchemaConversion.toArrowSchema(t)
assertEq(schema.getFields.asScala.map(_.getName).toSeq, Seq("a", "b"))
assertEq(ArrowSchemaConversion.fromArrowSchema(schema, references), t)
}
++ @Test def testSchemaDuplicateTopLevelFieldNames(): Unit =+ interceptFatal("duplicate field names")(+ ArrowSchemaConversion.fromArrowSchema(+ new Schema(FastSeq(+ leaf("a", true, ArrowType.Utf8.INSTANCE),+ leaf("a", true, ArrowType.Bool.INSTANCE),+ ).asJava),+ references,+ )+ )
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127:
Add a regression test alongside testSchemaRoundTrip that calls fromArrowSchema
with a schema containing duplicate top-level field names and verifies it raises
the existing “duplicate field names” fatal error. Reuse the suite’s existing
leaf, references, and assertion conventions.
nl -ba hail/hail/test/src/is/hail/types/arrow/ArrowSchemaConversionSuite.scala | sed -n '28,42p;330,419p'
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Reject child fields on primitive Arrow types in fromArrowField.
fromArrowField returns a primitive Hail type for Bool, Int, Utf8, and the other primitive Arrow types without checking children. A primitive field with a child is accepted silently. Add a children check to the primitive arms. Add an unsupportedArrowFields fixture, for example node("x", true, ArrowType.Bool.INSTANCE, leaf("child", true, ArrowType.Bool.INSTANCE)), so the suite detects the regression. The fixture currently fails, because the conversion does not throw.
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lines 315 - 319:
Update the primitive-type branches in fromArrowField to reject fields that have
children instead of silently returning a primitive Hail type. Add a malformed
primitive field to unsupportedArrowFields and verify conversion rejects it,
while preserving conversion of valid childless primitive fields.
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Any proposed open columnar format that we intend to evolve hail to make use of can be described with an Arrow schema, making Arrow's types a common denominator for future work in this direction. This change adds the mapping between Hail physical types and that schema, in both directions, in a new
is.hail.types.arrowpackage.ArrowSchemaConversionconverts a PStruct to an Arrow Schema and back. There's a 1:1 mapping between Arrow's nullability and PType requiredness. Both directions take the reference genome map: loci need the contig list to write, and reading checks that the stored contigs match the defined genome.Mapping:
hail.setand keys are always non-nullable
hail.tuplehail.call, metadata {"encoding":1}hail.locusstoring the reference genome name and ordered contigshail.intervalarrow.variable_shape_tensor(struct<data: list, shape: fixed_size_list[ndim]>), which
arrow-java does not provide
Extension metadata is a JSON object. Arrow -> Hail accepts only what Hail -> Arrow produces and rejects anything else with a clear error. That includes unregistered extension types, dictionary encoding and duplicate field names. Types that cannot be stored (RNG state, void) are also rejected. Extension types do not create Arrow vectors, as they are unneeded for now.
Declare arrow-vector 18.3.0 (Spark 4.1.2's version) as a compile-only dependency now that Hail uses it directly.
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