[SPARK-11636][SQL] Support classes defined in the REPL with Encoders

#theScaryParts (i.e. changes to the repl, executor classloaders and codegen)...

Author: Michael Armbrust <michael@databricks.com>
Author: Yin Huai <yhuai@databricks.com>

Closes #9825 from marmbrus/dataset-replClasses2.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/repl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ExecutorClassLoader.scala b/repl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ExecutorClassLoader.scala
index 3d2d235a00..a976e96809 100644
--- a/repl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ExecutorClassLoader.scala
+++ b/repl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ExecutorClassLoader.scala
@@ -65,7 +65,13 @@ class ExecutorClassLoader(conf: SparkConf, classUri: String, parent: ClassLoader
           case e: ClassNotFoundException => {
             val classOption = findClassLocally(name)
             classOption match {
-              case None => throw new ClassNotFoundException(name, e)
+              case None =>
+                // If this class has a cause, it will break the internal assumption of Janino
+                // (the compiler used for Spark SQL code-gen).
+                // See org.codehaus.janino.ClassLoaderIClassLoader's findIClass, you will see
+                // its behavior will be changed if there is a cause and the compilation
+                // of generated class will fail.
+                throw new ClassNotFoundException(name)
               case Some(a) => a
             }
           }