[SPARK-12250] [SQL] Allow users to define a UDAF without providing details of its inputSchema

sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/aggregate/udaf.scala

@@ -332,11 +332,6 @@ private[sql] case class ScalaUDAF(
   override def withNewInputAggBufferOffset(newInputAggBufferOffset: Int): ImperativeAggregate =
     copy(inputAggBufferOffset = newInputAggBufferOffset)
 
-  require(
-    children.length == udaf.inputSchema.length,
-    s"$udaf only accepts ${udaf.inputSchema.length} arguments, " +
-      s"but ${children.length} are provided.")
-
   override def nullable: Boolean = true
 
   override def dataType: DataType = udaf.dataType

sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/AggregationQuerySuite.scala

@@ -66,6 +66,33 @@ class ScalaAggregateFunction(schema: StructType) extends UserDefinedAggregateFun
   }
 }
 
+class ScalaAggregateFunctionWithoutInputSchema extends UserDefinedAggregateFunction {
+
+  def inputSchema: StructType = StructType(Nil)
+
+  def bufferSchema: StructType = StructType(StructField("value", LongType) :: Nil)
+
+  def dataType: DataType = LongType
+
+  def deterministic: Boolean = true
+
+  def initialize(buffer: MutableAggregationBuffer): Unit = {
+    buffer.update(0, 0L)
+  }
+
+  def update(buffer: MutableAggregationBuffer, input: Row): Unit = {
+    buffer.update(0, input.getAs[Seq[Row]](0).map(_.getAs[Int]("v")).sum + buffer.getLong(0))
+  }
+
+  def merge(buffer1: MutableAggregationBuffer, buffer2: Row): Unit = {
+    buffer1.update(0, buffer1.getLong(0) + buffer2.getLong(0))
+  }
+
+  def evaluate(buffer: Row): Any = {
+    buffer.getLong(0)
+  }
+}
+
 class LongProductSum extends UserDefinedAggregateFunction {
   def inputSchema: StructType = new StructType()
     .add("a", LongType)
@@ -858,6 +885,43 @@ abstract class AggregationQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with Te
       )
     }
   }
+
+  test("udaf without specifying inputSchema") {
+    withTempTable("noInputSchemaUDAF") {
+      sqlContext.udf.register("noInputSchema", new ScalaAggregateFunctionWithoutInputSchema)
+
+      val data =
+        Row(1, Seq(Row(1), Row(2), Row(3))) ::
+          Row(1, Seq(Row(4), Row(5), Row(6))) ::
+          Row(2, Seq(Row(-10))) :: Nil
+      val schema =
+        StructType(
+          StructField("key", IntegerType) ::
+            StructField("myArray",
+              ArrayType(StructType(StructField("v", IntegerType) :: Nil))) :: Nil)
+      sqlContext.createDataFrame(
+        sparkContext.parallelize(data, 2),
+        schema)
+        .registerTempTable("noInputSchemaUDAF")
+
+      checkAnswer(
+        sqlContext.sql(
+          """
+            |SELECT key, noInputSchema(myArray)
+            |FROM noInputSchemaUDAF
+            |GROUP BY key
+          """.stripMargin),
+        Row(1, 21) :: Row(2, -10) :: Nil)
+
+      checkAnswer(
+        sqlContext.sql(
+          """
+            |SELECT noInputSchema(myArray)
+            |FROM noInputSchemaUDAF
+          """.stripMargin),
+        Row(11) :: Nil)
+    }
+  }
 }