Add missing format method and load method implementation

sqlframe/base/mixins/readwriter_mixins.py

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def load(
 
         assert path is not None, "path is required"
         assert isinstance(path, str), "path must be a string"
+        format = format or self.state_format_to_read
         format = format or _infer_format(path)
         kwargs = {k: v for k, v in options.items() if v is not None}
         if format == "json":

sqlframe/base/readerwriter.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 class _BaseDataFrameReader(t.Generic[SESSION, DF]):
     def __init__(self, spark: SESSION):
         self._session = spark
+        self.state_format_to_read = None
 
     @property
     def session(self) -> SESSION:
@@ -67,6 +68,44 @@ def _to_casted_columns(self, column_mapping: t.Dict) -> t.List[Column]:
             for k, v in column_mapping.items()
         ]
 
+    def format(self, source: str) -> "Self":
+        """Specifies the input data source format.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 1.4.0
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 3.4.0
+            Supports Spark Connect.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        source : str
+            string, name of the data source, e.g. 'json', 'parquet'.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> spark.read.format('json')
+        <...readwriter.DataFrameReader object ...>
+
+        Write a DataFrame into a JSON file and read it back.
+
+        >>> import tempfile
+        >>> with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as d:
+        ...     # Write a DataFrame into a JSON file
+        ...     spark.createDataFrame(
+        ...         [{"age": 100, "name": "Hyukjin Kwon"}]
+        ...     ).write.mode("overwrite").format("json").save(d)
+        ...
+        ...     # Read the JSON file as a DataFrame.
+        ...     spark.read.format('json').load(d).show()
+        +---+------------+
+        |age|        name|
+        +---+------------+
+        |100|Hyukjin Kwon|
+        +---+------------+
+        """
+        self.state_format_to_read = source
+        return self
+
     def load(
         self,
         path: t.Optional[PathOrPaths] = None,

sqlframe/duckdb/readwriter.py

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def load(
         |100|NULL|
         +---+----+
         """
+        format = format or self.state_format_to_read
         if schema:
             column_mapping = ensure_column_mapping(schema)
             select_column_mapping = column_mapping.copy()