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<pre>public abstract class <span class="typeNameLabel">UserDefinedFunction</span>
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<div class="block">A user-defined function. To create one, use the <code>udf</code> functions in <code>functions</code>.
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// Define a UDF that returns true or false based on some numeric score.
val predict = udf((score: Double) =&gt; score &gt; 0.5)
// Projects a column that adds a prediction column based on the score column.
df.select( predict(df("score")) )
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