下面是一个简单的说明性实验：

import org.apache.spark.sql._

object SparkSandbox extends App {
  implicit val spark = SparkSession.builder().master("local[*]").getOrCreate()
  import spark.implicits._
  spark.sparkContext.setLogLevel("ERROR")

  val left = Seq((1, "A1"), (2, "A2"), (3, "A3"), (4, "A4")).toDF("id", "value")
  val right = Seq((3, "A3"), (4, "A4"), (4, "A4_1"), (5, "A5"), (6, "A6")).toDF("id", "value")

  println("LEFT")
  left.orderBy("id").show()

  println("RIGHT")
  right.orderBy("id").show()

  val joinTypes = Seq("inner", "outer", "full", "full_outer", "left", "left_outer", "right", "right_outer", "left_semi", "left_anti")

  joinTypes foreach { joinType =>
    println(s"${joinType.toUpperCase()} JOIN")
    left.join(right = right, usingColumns = Seq("id"), joinType = joinType).orderBy("id").show()
  }
}

输出

LEFT
+---+-----+
| id|value|
+---+-----+
|  1|   A1|
|  2|   A2|
|  3|   A3|
|  4|   A4|
+---+-----+

RIGHT
+---+-----+
| id|value|
+---+-----+
|  3|   A3|
|  4|   A4|
|  4| A4_1|
|  5|   A5|
|  6|   A6|
+---+-----+

INNER JOIN
+---+-----+-----+
| id|value|value|
+---+-----+-----+
|  3|   A3|   A3|
|  4|   A4| A4_1|
|  4|   A4|   A4|
+---+-----+-----+

OUTER JOIN
+---+-----+-----+
| id|value|value|
+---+-----+-----+
|  1|   A1| null|
|  2|   A2| null|
|  3|   A3|   A3|
|  4|   A4|   A4|
|  4|   A4| A4_1|
|  5| null|   A5|
|  6| null|   A6|
+---+-----+-----+

FULL JOIN
+---+-----+-----+
| id|value|value|
+---+-----+-----+
|  1|   A1| null|
|  2|   A2| null|
|  3|   A3|   A3|
|  4|   A4|   A4|
|  4|   A4| A4_1|
|  5| null|   A5|
|  6| null|   A6|
+---+-----+-----+

FULL_OUTER JOIN
+---+-----+-----+
| id|value|value|
+---+-----+-----+
|  1|   A1| null|
|  2|   A2| null|
|  3|   A3|   A3|
|  4|   A4|   A4|
|  4|   A4| A4_1|
|  5| null|   A5|
|  6| null|   A6|
+---+-----+-----+

LEFT JOIN
+---+-----+-----+
| id|value|value|
+---+-----+-----+
|  1|   A1| null|
|  2|   A2| null|
|  3|   A3|   A3|
|  4|   A4| A4_1|
|  4|   A4|   A4|
+---+-----+-----+

LEFT_OUTER JOIN
+---+-----+-----+
| id|value|value|
+---+-----+-----+
|  1|   A1| null|
|  2|   A2| null|
|  3|   A3|   A3|
|  4|   A4| A4_1|
|  4|   A4|   A4|
+---+-----+-----+

RIGHT JOIN
+---+-----+-----+
| id|value|value|
+---+-----+-----+
|  3|   A3|   A3|
|  4|   A4| A4_1|
|  4|   A4|   A4|
|  5| null|   A5|
|  6| null|   A6|
+---+-----+-----+

RIGHT_OUTER JOIN
+---+-----+-----+
| id|value|value|
+---+-----+-----+
|  3|   A3|   A3|
|  4|   A4|   A4|
|  4|   A4| A4_1|
|  5| null|   A5|
|  6| null|   A6|
+---+-----+-----+

LEFT_SEMI JOIN
+---+-----+
| id|value|
+---+-----+
|  3|   A3|
|  4|   A4|
+---+-----+

LEFT_ANTI JOIN
+---+-----+
| id|value|
+---+-----+
|  1|   A1|
|  2|   A2|
+---+-----+

喜欢巴西克利特的榜样。以下是使用Spark v2和 Dataframe (包括交叉联接)在Java中进行的可能转换。

package net.jgp.books.sparkInAction.ch12.lab940AllJoins;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset;
import org.apache.spark.sql.Row;
import org.apache.spark.sql.RowFactory;
import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession;
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataTypes;
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructField;
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType;

/**
 * All joins in a single app, inspired by
 * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45990633/what-are-the-various-join-types-in-spark.
 * 
 * Used in Spark in Action 2e, http://jgp.net/sia
 * 
 * @author jgp
 */
public class AllJoinsApp {

  /**
   * main() is your entry point to the application.
   * 
   * @param args
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    AllJoinsApp app = new AllJoinsApp();
    app.start();
  }

  /**
   * The processing code.
   */
  private void start() {
    // Creates a session on a local master
    SparkSession spark = SparkSession.builder()
        .appName("Processing of invoices")
        .master("local")
        .getOrCreate();

    StructType schema = DataTypes.createStructType(new StructField[] {
        DataTypes.createStructField(
            "id",
            DataTypes.IntegerType,
            false),
        DataTypes.createStructField(
            "value",
            DataTypes.StringType,
            false) });

    List<Row> rows = new ArrayList<Row>();
    rows.add(RowFactory.create(1, "A1"));
    rows.add(RowFactory.create(2, "A2"));
    rows.add(RowFactory.create(3, "A3"));
    rows.add(RowFactory.create(4, "A4"));
    Dataset<Row> dfLeft = spark.createDataFrame(rows, schema);
    dfLeft.show();

    rows = new ArrayList<Row>();
    rows.add(RowFactory.create(3, "A3"));
    rows.add(RowFactory.create(4, "A4"));
    rows.add(RowFactory.create(4, "A4_1"));
    rows.add(RowFactory.create(5, "A5"));
    rows.add(RowFactory.create(6, "A6"));
    Dataset<Row> dfRight = spark.createDataFrame(rows, schema);
    dfRight.show();

    String[] joinTypes = new String[] { 
        "inner", // v2.0.0. default
        "cross", // v2.2.0
        "outer", // v2.0.0
        "full", // v2.1.1
        "full_outer", // v2.1.1
        "left", // v2.1.1
        "left_outer", // v2.0.0
        "right", // v2.1.1
        "right_outer", // v2.0.0
        "left_semi", // v2.0.0, was leftsemi before v2.1.1
        "left_anti" // v2.1.1
        };

    for (String joinType : joinTypes) {
      System.out.println(joinType.toUpperCase() + " JOIN");
      Dataset<Row> df = dfLeft.join(
          dfRight, 
          dfLeft.col("id").equalTo(dfRight.col("id")), 
          joinType);
      df.orderBy(dfLeft.col("id")).show();
    }
  }
}

我将把这个例子放在Spark in Action, 2e的chapter 12 repository中。

Spark data frame support following types of joins between two dataframes.
Please find the list of joins and joining string with respect to join types along with scala syntax.
We can use following joining values used for specify the join type in Scala- Spark code. 

***Mathod:***Leftdataframe.join(Rightdataframe, join_conditions, joinStringName)

Join Name : Join String name in scala -Spark code

1. inner : 'inner'
2. cross: 'cross'
3. outer: 'outer'
4. full: 'full'
5. full outer: 'fullouter'
6. left : 'left'
7. left outer : 'leftouter'
8. right : 'right'
9. right outer : 'rightouter'
10. left semi: 'leftsemi'
11. left anti: 'leftanti'

example: 1. Left Semi join: 
Leftdataframe.join(Rightdataframe, join_conditions, "leftsemi");
2. inner Join Example:
Leftdataframe.join(Rightdataframe, join_conditions, "inner");

Its tested and working well.

Left Semi返回在两个表中都找到连接键的行，但它只包括左表中的字段。
Left Anti返回连接键仅在左表中找到的行。
对不同连接类型的良好描述：https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/enterprise/latest/topics/impala_joins.html

• 支持的联接类型包括：*

inner  
    outer  
     full  
      fullouter  
       full_outer  
        leftouter  
         left  
          left_outer  
           rightouter  
            right  
             right_outer  
              leftsemi  
               left_semi  
                leftanti  
                 left_anti  
                  cross