add simplify method for aggregate function

datafusion-examples/examples/simplify_udaf_expression.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
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+// under the License.
+
+use arrow_schema::{Field, Schema};
+use datafusion::{arrow::datatypes::DataType, logical_expr::Volatility};
+use datafusion_expr::simplify::SimplifyInfo;
+
+use std::{any::Any, sync::Arc};
+
+use datafusion::arrow::{array::Float32Array, record_batch::RecordBatch};
+use datafusion::error::Result;
+use datafusion::{assert_batches_eq, prelude::*};
+use datafusion_common::cast::as_float64_array;
+use datafusion_expr::{
+    expr::{AggregateFunction, AggregateFunctionDefinition},
+    function::AccumulatorArgs,
+    simplify::ExprSimplifyResult,
+    Accumulator, AggregateUDF, AggregateUDFImpl, GroupsAccumulator, Signature,
+};
+
+/// This example shows how to use the AggregateUDFImpl::simplify API to simplify/replace user
+/// defined aggregate function with a different expression which is defined in the `simplify` method.
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+struct BetterAvgUdaf {
+    signature: Signature,
+}
+
+impl BetterAvgUdaf {
+    /// Create a new instance of the GeoMeanUdaf struct
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            signature: Signature::exact(vec![DataType::Float64], Volatility::Immutable),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl AggregateUDFImpl for BetterAvgUdaf {
+    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any {
+        self
+    }
+
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "better_avg"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> &Signature {
+        &self.signature
+    }
+
+    fn return_type(&self, _arg_types: &[DataType]) -> Result<DataType> {
+        Ok(DataType::Float64)
+    }
+
+    fn accumulator(&self, _acc_args: AccumulatorArgs) -> Result<Box<dyn Accumulator>> {
+        unimplemented!("should not be invoked")
+    }
+
+    fn state_fields(
+        &self,
+        _name: &str,
+        _value_type: DataType,
+        _ordering_fields: Vec<arrow_schema::Field>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<arrow_schema::Field>> {
+        unimplemented!("should not be invoked")
+    }
+
+    fn groups_accumulator_supported(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn create_groups_accumulator(&self) -> Result<Box<dyn GroupsAccumulator>> {
+        unimplemented!("should not get here");
+    }
+    // we override method, to return new expression which would substitute
+    // user defined function call
+    fn simplify(
+        &self,
+        args: Vec<Expr>,
+        distinct: &bool,
+        filter: &Option<Box<Expr>>,
+        order_by: &Option<Vec<Expr>>,
+        null_treatment: &Option<datafusion_sql::sqlparser::ast::NullTreatment>,
+        _info: &dyn SimplifyInfo,
+    ) -> Result<ExprSimplifyResult> {
+        // as an example for this functionality we replace UDF function
+        // with build-in aggregate function to illustrate the use
+        let expr = Expr::AggregateFunction(AggregateFunction {
+            func_def: AggregateFunctionDefinition::BuiltIn(
+                // yes it is the same Avg, `BetterAvgUdaf` was just a
+                // marketing pitch :)
+                datafusion_expr::aggregate_function::AggregateFunction::Avg,
+            ),
+            args,
+            distinct: *distinct,
+            filter: filter.clone(),
+            order_by: order_by.clone(),
+            null_treatment: *null_treatment,
+        });
+
+        Ok(ExprSimplifyResult::Simplified(expr))
+    }
+}
+
+// create local session context with an in-memory table
+fn create_context() -> Result<SessionContext> {
+    use datafusion::datasource::MemTable;
+    // define a schema.
+    let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
+        Field::new("a", DataType::Float32, false),
+        Field::new("b", DataType::Float32, false),
+    ]));
+
+    // define data in two partitions
+    let batch1 = RecordBatch::try_new(
+        schema.clone(),
+        vec![
+            Arc::new(Float32Array::from(vec![2.0, 4.0, 8.0])),
+            Arc::new(Float32Array::from(vec![2.0, 2.0, 2.0])),
+        ],
+    )?;
+    let batch2 = RecordBatch::try_new(
+        schema.clone(),
+        vec![
+            Arc::new(Float32Array::from(vec![16.0])),
+            Arc::new(Float32Array::from(vec![2.0])),
+        ],
+    )?;
+
+    let ctx = SessionContext::new();
+
+    // declare a table in memory. In spark API, this corresponds to createDataFrame(...).
+    let provider = MemTable::try_new(schema, vec![vec![batch1], vec![batch2]])?;
+    ctx.register_table("t", Arc::new(provider))?;
+    Ok(ctx)
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let ctx = create_context()?;
+
+    let better_avg = AggregateUDF::from(BetterAvgUdaf::new());
+    ctx.register_udaf(better_avg.clone());
+
+    let result = ctx
+        .sql("SELECT better_avg(a) FROM t group by b")
+        .await?
+        .collect()
+        .await?;
+
+    let expected = [
+        "+-----------------+",
+        "| better_avg(t.a) |",
+        "+-----------------+",
+        "| 7.5             |",
+        "+-----------------+",
+    ];
+
+    assert_batches_eq!(expected, &result);
+
+    let df = ctx.table("t").await?;
+    let df = df.aggregate(vec![], vec![better_avg.call(vec![col("a")])])?;
+
+    let results = df.collect().await?;
+    let result = as_float64_array(results[0].column(0))?;
+
+    assert!((result.value(0) - 7.5).abs() < f64::EPSILON);
+    println!("The average of [2,4,8,16] is {}", result.value(0));
+
+    Ok(())
+}

datafusion/expr/src/udaf.rs

@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
 
 use crate::function::AccumulatorArgs;
 use crate::groups_accumulator::GroupsAccumulator;
+use crate::simplify::{ExprSimplifyResult, SimplifyInfo};
 use crate::utils::format_state_name;
 use crate::{Accumulator, Expr};
 use crate::{AccumulatorFactoryFunction, ReturnTypeFunction, Signature};
 use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field};
 use datafusion_common::{not_impl_err, Result};
+use sqlparser::ast::NullTreatment;
 use std::any::Any;
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -195,6 +197,21 @@ impl AggregateUDF {
     pub fn create_groups_accumulator(&self) -> Result<Box<dyn GroupsAccumulator>> {
         self.inner.create_groups_accumulator()
     }
+    /// Do the function rewrite
+    ///
+    /// See [`AggregateUDFImpl::simplify`] for more details.
+    pub fn simplify(
+        &self,
+        args: Vec<Expr>,
+        distinct: &bool,
+        filter: &Option<Box<Expr>>,
+        order_by: &Option<Vec<Expr>>,
+        null_treatment: &Option<NullTreatment>,
+        info: &dyn SimplifyInfo,
+    ) -> Result<ExprSimplifyResult> {
+        self.inner
+            .simplify(args, distinct, filter, order_by, null_treatment, info)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<F> From<F> for AggregateUDF
@@ -354,6 +371,37 @@ pub trait AggregateUDFImpl: Debug + Send + Sync {
     fn aliases(&self) -> &[String] {
         &[]
     }
+
+    /// Optionally apply per-UDF simplification / rewrite rules.
+    ///
+    /// This can be used to apply function specific simplification rules during
+    /// optimization (e.g. `arrow_cast` --> `Expr::Cast`). The default
+    /// implementation does nothing.
+    ///
+    /// Note that DataFusion handles simplifying arguments and  "constant
+    /// folding" (replacing a function call with constant arguments such as
+    /// `my_add(1,2) --> 3` ). Thus, there is no need to implement such
+    /// optimizations manually for specific UDFs.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    /// * 'args': The arguments of the function
+    /// * 'schema': The schema of the function
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    /// [`ExprSimplifyResult`] indicating the result of the simplification NOTE
+    /// if the function cannot be simplified, the arguments *MUST* be returned
+    /// unmodified
+    fn simplify(
+        &self,
+        args: Vec<Expr>,
+        _distinct: &bool,
+        _filter: &Option<Box<Expr>>,
+        _order_by: &Option<Vec<Expr>>,
+        _null_treatment: &Option<NullTreatment>,
+        _info: &dyn SimplifyInfo,
+    ) -> Result<ExprSimplifyResult> {
+        Ok(ExprSimplifyResult::Original(args))
+    }
 }
 
 /// AggregateUDF that adds an alias to the underlying function. It is better to