fix(ingest): kafka - properly picking doc from union type (#6472)

metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/extractor/schema_util.py

@@ -239,7 +239,10 @@ class AvroToMceSchemaConverter:
 
     class SchemaFieldEmissionContextManager:
         """Context Manager for MCE SchemaFiled emission
-        - handles prefix name stack management and AVRO record-field generation for non-complex types."""
+        - handles prefix name stack management and AVRO record-field generation for non-complex types.
+        - actual_schema contains the underlying no-null type's schema if the schema is a union
+          This way we can use the type/description of the non-null type if needed.
+        """
 
         def __init__(
             self,
@@ -247,11 +250,13 @@ class AvroToMceSchemaConverter:
             actual_schema: avro.schema.Schema,
             converter: "AvroToMceSchemaConverter",
             description: Optional[str] = None,
+            default_value: Optional[str] = None,
         ):
             self._schema = schema
             self._actual_schema = actual_schema
             self._converter = converter
             self._description = description
+            self._default_value = default_value
 
         def __enter__(self):
             type_annotation = self._converter._get_type_annotation(self._actual_schema)
@@ -289,8 +294,11 @@ class AvroToMceSchemaConverter:
                     )
 
                 description = self._description
-                if description is None:
-                    description = schema.props.get("doc", None)
+                if not description and actual_schema.props.get("doc"):
+                    description = actual_schema.props.get("doc")
+
+                if self._default_value is not None:
+                    description = f"{description if description else ''}\nField default value: {self._default_value}"
 
                 native_data_type = self._converter._prefix_name_stack[-1]
                 if isinstance(schema, (avro.schema.Field, avro.schema.UnionSchema)):
@@ -314,6 +322,8 @@ class AvroToMceSchemaConverter:
                     description = (
                         f"<span style=\"color:red\">DEPRECATED: {merged_props['deprecated']}</span>\n"
                         + description
+                        if description
+                        else ""
                     )
                     tags = GlobalTagsClass(
                         tags=[TagAssociationClass(tag="urn:li:tag:Deprecated")]
@@ -407,13 +417,12 @@ class AvroToMceSchemaConverter:
         last_field_schema = self._fields_stack[-1]
         # Generate the custom-description for the field.
         description = last_field_schema.doc if last_field_schema.doc else None
-        if last_field_schema.has_default and last_field_schema.default is not None:
-            description = (
-                f"{description}\nField default value: {last_field_schema.default}"
-            )
-
         with AvroToMceSchemaConverter.SchemaFieldEmissionContextManager(
-            last_field_schema, last_field_schema, self, description
+            last_field_schema,
+            last_field_schema,
+            self,
+            description,
+            last_field_schema.default,
         ) as f_emit:
             yield from f_emit.emit()
 

metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_schema_util.py

@@ -271,15 +271,17 @@ def test_avro_sample_payment_schema_to_mce_fields_with_nesting():
   "namespace": "some.event.namespace",
   "fields": [
     {"name": "id", "type": "string"},
-    {"name": "amount", "type": "double"},
+    {"name": "amount", "type": "double", "doc": "amountDoc"},
     {"name": "name","type": "string","default": ""},
     {"name": "phoneNumber",
      "type": [{
          "type": "record",
          "name": "PhoneNumber",
+         "doc": "testDoc",
          "fields": [{
              "name": "areaCode",
              "type": "string",
+             "doc": "areaCodeDoc",
              "default": ""
              }, {
              "name": "countryCode",
@@ -298,6 +300,21 @@ def test_avro_sample_payment_schema_to_mce_fields_with_nesting():
          "null"
      ],
      "default": "null"
+    },
+    {"name": "address",
+     "type": [{
+         "type": "record",
+         "name": "Address",
+         "fields": [{
+             "name": "street",
+             "type": "string",
+             "default": ""
+             }]
+         },
+         "null"
+     ],
+      "doc": "addressDoc",
+     "default": "null"
     }
   ]
 }
@@ -312,8 +329,14 @@ def test_avro_sample_payment_schema_to_mce_fields_with_nesting():
         "[version=2.0].[type=Payment].[type=PhoneNumber].phoneNumber.[type=string].countryCode",
         "[version=2.0].[type=Payment].[type=PhoneNumber].phoneNumber.[type=string].prefix",
         "[version=2.0].[type=Payment].[type=PhoneNumber].phoneNumber.[type=string].number",
+        "[version=2.0].[type=Payment].[type=Address].address",
+        "[version=2.0].[type=Payment].[type=Address].address.[type=string].street",
     ]
     assert_field_paths_match(fields, expected_field_paths)
+    assert fields[1].description == "amountDoc"
+    assert fields[3].description == "testDoc\nField default value: null"
+    assert fields[4].description == "areaCodeDoc\nField default value: "
+    assert fields[8].description == "addressDoc\nField default value: null"
 
 
 def test_avro_schema_to_mce_fields_with_nesting_across_records():