[13620] fix: Add config for requested type check in ReaderBase::conve…

velox/connectors/hive/HiveConfig.cpp

@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ bool HiveConfig::readStatsBasedFilterReorderDisabled(
       config_->get<bool>(kReadStatsBasedFilterReorderDisabled, false));
 }
 
+bool HiveConfig::isRequestedTypeCheckEnabled(
+    const config::ConfigBase* session) const {
+  return session->get<bool>(
+      kEnableRequestedTypeCheckSession,
+      config_->get<bool>(kEnableRequestedTypeCheck, true));
+}
+
 std::string HiveConfig::hiveLocalDataPath() const {
   return config_->get<std::string>(kLocalDataPath, "");
 }

velox/connectors/hive/HiveConfig.h

@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ class HiveConfig {
   static constexpr const char* kLocalDataPath = "hive_local_data_path";
   static constexpr const char* kLocalFileFormat = "hive_local_file_format";
 
+  static constexpr const char* kEnableRequestedTypeCheck =
+      "enable-requested-type-check";
+  static constexpr const char* kEnableRequestedTypeCheckSession =
+      "enable_requested_type_check";
+
   InsertExistingPartitionsBehavior insertExistingPartitionsBehavior(
       const config::ConfigBase* session) const;
 
@@ -258,6 +263,10 @@ class HiveConfig {
   bool readStatsBasedFilterReorderDisabled(
       const config::ConfigBase* session) const;
 
+  /// Whether to enable requested type check in the ReaderBase::convertType.
+  /// Returns true by default.
+  bool isRequestedTypeCheckEnabled(const config::ConfigBase* session) const;
+
   /// Returns the file system path containing local data. If non-empty,
   /// initializes LocalHiveConnectorMetadata to provide metadata for the tables
   /// in the directory.

velox/connectors/hive/HiveConnectorUtil.cpp

@@ -603,6 +603,8 @@ void configureReaderOptions(
     }
 
     readerOptions.setFileFormat(hiveSplit->fileFormat);
+    readerOptions.setEnableRequestedTypeCheck(
+        hiveConfig->isRequestedTypeCheckEnabled(sessionProperties));
   }
 }
 

velox/docs/configs.rst

@@ -643,6 +643,11 @@ Each query can override the config by setting corresponding query session proper
      - bool
      - true
      - Reads timestamp partition value as local time if true. Otherwise, reads as UTC.
+   * - enable-requested-type-check
+     - enable_requested_type_check
+     - bool
+     - true
+     - Whether to enable requested type check in the `ReaderBase::convertType`. True by default.
 
 ``ORC File Format Configuration``
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

velox/dwio/common/Options.h

@@ -600,6 +600,10 @@ class ReaderOptions : public io::ReaderOptions {
     return randomSkip_;
   }
 
+  bool enableRequestedTypeCheck() const {
+    return enableRequestedTypeCheck_;
+  }
+
   void setRandomSkip(std::shared_ptr<random::RandomSkipTracker> randomSkip) {
     randomSkip_ = std::move(randomSkip);
   }
@@ -636,6 +640,10 @@ class ReaderOptions : public io::ReaderOptions {
     allowEmptyFile_ = value;
   }
 
+  void setEnableRequestedTypeCheck(bool enableRequestedTypeCheck) {
+    enableRequestedTypeCheck_ = enableRequestedTypeCheck;
+  }
+
  private:
   uint64_t tailLocation_;
   FileFormat fileFormat_;
@@ -653,6 +661,7 @@ class ReaderOptions : public io::ReaderOptions {
   bool adjustTimestampToTimezone_{false};
   bool selectiveNimbleReaderEnabled_{false};
   bool allowEmptyFile_{false};
+  bool enableRequestedTypeCheck_{true};
 };
 
 struct WriterOptions {