From what I read, there is no more Contexts. "SparkContext, SQLContext, HiveContext merged into SparkSession" I have not tested it, but I don’t know if it’s true. Cheers, Ben > On Jul 18, 2016, at 8:37 AM, Koert Kuipers wrote: > > in my codebase i would like to gradually transition to SparkSession, so while i start using SparkSession i also want a SQLContext to be available as before (but with a deprecated warning when i use it). this should be easy since SQLContext is now a wrapper for SparkSession. > > so basically: > val session = SparkSession.builder.set(..., ...).getOrCreate() > val sqlc = new SQLContext(session) > > however this doesnt work, the SQLContext constructor i am trying to use is private. SparkSession.sqlContext is also private. > > am i missing something? > > a non-gradual switch is not very realistic in any significant codebase, and i do not want to create SparkSession and SQLContext independendly (both from same SparkContext) since that can only lead to confusion and inconsistent settings.