val cities6chars = cities.filter(_.name.length == 6).map(_.name.toUpperCase)
 
cities6chars.explain(true)
 
scala> cities6chars.queryExecution.optimizedPlan
res33: org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.LogicalPlan =
SerializeFromObject [staticinvoke(class org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String, StringType, fromString, input[0, java.lang.String, true], true) AS value#248]
+- MapElements <function1>, class City, [StructField(id,LongType,false), StructField(name,StringType,true)], obj#247: java.lang.String
   +- Filter <function1>.apply
      +- DeserializeToObject newInstance(class City), obj#246: City
         +- Relation[id#236L,name#237] parquet
 
val cities6chars = cities.filter(_.name == "Warsaw").map(_.name.toUpperCase)
 
cities6chars.explain(true)
 
scala> cities.where('name === "Warsaw").queryExecution.executedPlan
res29: org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkPlan =
*Project [id#128L, name#129]
+- *Filter (isnotnull(name#129) && (name#129 = Warsaw))
   +- *FileScan parquet [id#128L,name#129] Batched: true, Format: ParquetFormat, InputPaths: file:/Users/jacek/dev/oss/spark/cities.parquet, PartitionFilters: [], PushedFilters: [IsNotNull(name), EqualTo(name,Warsaw)], ReadSchema: struct<id:bigint,name:string>
 
val isWarsaw = udf { (s: String) => s == "Warsaw" }
 
scala> cities.where(isWarsaw('name)).queryExecution.executedPlan
res33: org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkPlan =
*Filter UDF(name#129)
+- *FileScan parquet [id#128L,name#129] Batched: true, Format: ParquetFormat, InputPaths: file:/Users/jacek/dev/oss/spark/cities.parquet, PartitionFilters: [], PushedFilters: [], ReadSchema: struct<id:bigint,name:string>