[SPARK-21435][SQL] Empty files should be skipped while write to file

## What changes were proposed in this pull request?

Add EmptyDirectoryWriteTask for empty task while writing files. Fix the empty result for parquet format by leaving the first partition for meta writing.

## How was this patch tested?

Add new test in `FileFormatWriterSuite `

Author: xuanyuanking <[email protected]>

Closes #18654 from xuanyuanking/SPARK-21435.

Author: xuanyuanking

sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileFormatWriter.scala

@@ -236,7 +236,10 @@ object FileFormatWriter extends Logging {
     committer.setupTask(taskAttemptContext)
 
     val writeTask =
-      if (description.partitionColumns.isEmpty && description.bucketIdExpression.isEmpty) {
+      if (sparkPartitionId != 0 && !iterator.hasNext) {
+        // In case of empty job, leave first partition to save meta for file format like parquet.
+        new EmptyDirectoryWriteTask
+      } else if (description.partitionColumns.isEmpty && description.bucketIdExpression.isEmpty) {
         new SingleDirectoryWriteTask(description, taskAttemptContext, committer)
       } else {
         new DynamicPartitionWriteTask(description, taskAttemptContext, committer)
@@ -301,6 +304,20 @@ object FileFormatWriter extends Logging {
     }
   }
 
+  /** ExecuteWriteTask for empty partitions */
+  private class EmptyDirectoryWriteTask extends ExecuteWriteTask {
+
+    override def execute(iter: Iterator[InternalRow]): ExecutedWriteSummary = {
+      ExecutedWriteSummary(
+        updatedPartitions = Set.empty,
+        numOutputFile = 0,
+        numOutputBytes = 0,
+        numOutputRows = 0)
+    }
+
+    override def releaseResources(): Unit = {}
+  }
+
   /** Writes data to a single directory (used for non-dynamic-partition writes). */
   private class SingleDirectoryWriteTask(
       description: WriteJobDescription,

sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileFormatWriterSuite.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
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+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.QueryTest
+import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSQLContext
+
+class FileFormatWriterSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
+
+  test("empty file should be skipped while write to file") {
+    withTempPath { path =>
+      spark.range(100).repartition(10).where("id = 50").write.parquet(path.toString)
+      val partFiles = path.listFiles()
+        .filter(f => f.isFile && !f.getName.startsWith(".") && !f.getName.startsWith("_"))
+      assert(partFiles.length === 2)
+    }
+  }
+}