[SPARK-54104][Geo][SQL] Disallow casting geospatial types to/from other data types #52806
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
This PR disallows casting
GEOGRAPHYandGEOMETRYto/from other data types in the system (such asBOOLEAN,BINARY,STRING, and others). Note that these types were recently introduced as part of: #52491.Why are the changes needed?
GeographyTypeandGeometryTypeare not interoperable with any other non-geospatial data types, so we need to forbid such casts explicitly in order to avoid unexpected failures.Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
Yes, casts are disallowed for newly introduced geospatial types.
How was this patch tested?
Added new unit tests to verify the expected behaviour:
CastWithAnsiOffSuiteCastWithAnsiOnSuiteAdded new appropriate end-to-end SQL tests:
st-functionsWas this patch authored or co-authored using generative AI tooling?
No.