feat: add data source codec extension seam - #2388
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Allow external data-source integrations to register named logical provider and physical plan codecs while preserving Ballista's built-in serialization. Refs apache#1241
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I'm not sure that i understand why is this needed in ballista main ?
ballista codec is fully pluggable at the moment, implementers can plug in its own implementation hence i dont see this needed in main, please correct me if i'm wrong
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Which issue does this PR close?
Part of #1241.
What changes are included?
Adds a small, format-neutral serialization seam for external data-source integrations:
BallistaTableProviderCodecfor logical table-provider transportBallistaPhysicalPlanCodecfor format-specific execution plansOption<Vec<u8>>Ballista's own logical and physical nodes keep their existing path and priority. Core gains no Hudi, Iceberg, Delta, or Lance dependency, and behavior is unchanged when no codec is registered.
A follow-up Hudi integration uses this seam for a distributed copy-on-write read.
Tests
cargo test -p ballista-core --lib serde::testcargo clippy -p ballista-core --lib --tests -- -D warningsThe focused tests cover logical provider transport, physical plan transport, stable name dispatch, and the existing Ballista-plan regression.