[alexandrefimov]

Reject overlong VarCharLiteral values in the builder and protobuf conversion. Count Unicode code points, as Isthmus already does for character literals. Empty values with length 0 still work.

Add regression tests for ASCII, supplementary characters, combining characters and protobuf input. Update existing roundtrip fixtures to use valid literals.

Validation: ./gradlew build on JDK 17; the rejection tests fail without the fix.

Closes #1174.

BREAKING CHANGE: constructing or deserializing a VarCharLiteral whose value exceeds its declared length now throws IllegalArgumentException.

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• isthmus/src/test/java/io/substrait/isthmus/LiteralNullabilityRoundtripTest.java

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• Bug Fixes
  • VARCHAR literals that exceed their declared length are now rejected, with length measured in Unicode code points rather than UTF-16 code units.
  • Explicit casts from longer to shorter VARCHAR types remain supported.

VarCharLiteral now rejects values whose Unicode code-point count exceeds the declared length. Tests cover valid and overlong values across construction paths and retain a test for an explicit cast from VARCHAR(6) to VARCHAR(3).

Changes: VARCHAR Literal Length Validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validate literal length core/src/main/java/io/substrait/expression/Expression.java, core/src/test/java/io/substrait/expression/VarCharLiteralTest.java, core/src/test/java/io/substrait/type/proto/GenericRoundtripTest.java	VarCharLiteral checks the value’s Unicode code-point count against its declared length. Tests cover fitting values and overlong values through the builder, factory, and proto converter. Generated test parameters use the string’s code-point count as the declared length.
Test explicit cast behavior isthmus/src/test/java/io/substrait/isthmus/LiteralNullabilityRoundtripTest.java	The test uses a valid VARCHAR(6) literal as the source of a cast to VARCHAR(3) and updates the expected plan.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: nielspardon

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 15b42

The validation change is mergeable with a bounded testing follow-up: verify that reverse conversion preserves the explicit narrowing cast.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly describes the main change: rejecting overlong varchar literals.
Description check		The description covers the change, tests, validation, linked issue, and breaking change.
Linked Issues check		[#1174] VarCharLiteral checks the Unicode code-point count against the declared length and throws IllegalArgumentException for overlong values. Tests cover builder, factory, and protobuf rejection, pl…
Out of Scope Changes check		[#1174] The test fixtures use valid literals after validation was added. The explicit truncating-cast test preserves its original purpose without an invalid literal. The changes support the linked iss…

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[#1174] VarCharLiteral checks the Unicode code-point count against the declared length and throws IllegalArgumentException for overlong values. Tests cover builder, factory, and protobuf rejection, plus valid Unicode and empty-value round trips.

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[#1174] The test fixtures use valid literals after validation was added. The explicit truncating-cast test preserves its original purpose without an invalid literal. The changes support the linked issue.

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Nitpick comments: 1

isthmus/src/test/java/io/substrait/isthmus/LiteralNullabilityRoundtripTest.java: 1

136-138: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Assert the narrowing cast after reverse conversion.

This test checks only the Calcite plan. It cannot detect a reverse-conversion regression that drops the cast or attempts to construct an overlong literal.

Suggested test change

+    RelNode calcite = substraitToCalcite.convert(castRow);
     assertEquals(
         "VirtualTable(rows=[[{ CAST('abcdef':VARCHAR(6)):VARCHAR(3) NOT NULL }]])\n",
-        RelOptUtil.toString(substraitToCalcite.convert(castRow)));
+        RelOptUtil.toString(calcite));
+    assertEquals(castRow, SubstraitRelVisitor.convert(calcite, converterProvider));

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Review comment at
@isthmus/src/test/java/io/substrait/isthmus/LiteralNullabilityRoundtripTest.java
around lines 136 - 138:
Extend the castRow round-trip test to verify reverse conversion as well as the
Calcite plan: store the result of substraitToCalcite.convert(castRow), retain
the existing plan assertion, and assert that SubstraitRelVisitor.convert on that
Calcite result with converterProvider equals castRow.

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Review comments at
@isthmus/src/test/java/io/substrait/isthmus/LiteralNullabilityRoundtripTest.java:
- Around line 136-138: Extend the castRow round-trip test to verify reverse
conversion as well as the Calcite plan: store the result of
substraitToCalcite.convert(castRow), retain the existing plan assertion, and
assert that SubstraitRelVisitor.convert on that Calcite result with
converterProvider equals castRow.

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• core/src/main/java/io/substrait/expression/Expression.java
• core/src/test/java/io/substrait/expression/VarCharLiteralTest.java
• core/src/test/java/io/substrait/type/proto/GenericRoundtripTest.java
• isthmus/src/test/java/io/substrait/isthmus/LiteralNullabilityRoundtripTest.java

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