Changelog

0.3.0 29th Feb, 2026¶

#18 - Spark 4 AgnosticEncoder and Connect support:

callFunction shim introduced - uses sql-api on 4 and DBR 17 runtimes isClassic shim introduced - returns true on all pre 4/17 runtimes and on Spark 4 and above true when a classic SparkSession is provided Spark 4 / DBR 17.3 classic only - createVariable shim introduced - returns a VariableReference, Databricks has different APIs Breaking change on createLambdaFunction, now returns Column instead of Expression (uses sql-api on 4 and DBR 17 runtimes) DBR 17.0, 14.0, 13.1 are deprecated and will be removed in the next minor version

#7 - ExpressionEncoder usage is removed for Spark 4 and compatible runtimes

#12 - EOL DBR and Spark runtimes are removed: 2.4, 9.1, 10.4, 11.3, 13.0, 14.0, 17.0

#19 - Cleanup of copied Decimal sum handling on DBR >= 14.3

#21 - Add custom BeanEncoder handling, allowing odd field name mappings to Java Bean properties

0.2.0 11th June, 2025¶

#5 - Spark 4 support, including DBR 17.0

#8 - DBR 16.4 support

#9 - isStateful function and fixes

#11 - copyStateful function

0.0.1 8th March, 2024¶

#1 - Quality support

#2 - Frameless support

#3 - 14.3 LTS support