v0.16.0: Support Pyspark SQL dataframes

[cosmicBboy]

What's Changed

• Use custom check strategies by @honno in Use custom check strategies #1203
• Bugfix: check for presence of default attribute before calling by @kykyi in Bugfix: check for presence of default attribute before calling #1191
• Remove outdated warning by @tpvasconcelos in Remove outdated warning #1190
• Static type hint error on class pandera DataFrame by @manel-ab in Static type hint error on class pandera DataFrame #1207
• Relax python_requires constraint by @danhje in Relax python_requires constraint #1209
• fix typo in docs by @lindenwells in fix typo in docs #1201
• Make hypothesis dependency optional (Use of hypothesis type annotations forces downstream projects to install hypothesis #1215) by @leifwar in Make hypothesis dependency optional (#1215) #1216
• Update extensions.rst by @nathanjmcdougall in Update extensions.rst #1219
• Test col-level checks in test_definied_check_strategy by @honno in Test col-level checks in test_definied_check_strategy #1224
• Add unique_values_eq argument to pa.Field by @karajan1001 in Add unique_values_eq argument to pa.Field #1230
• Add a Dependabot config to update GitHub workflow actions by @kurtmckee in Add a Dependabot config to update GitHub workflow actions #1223
• Bump actions/checkout from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in Bump actions/checkout from 2 to 3 #1234
• Enhancement: drop invalid rows on validate with new param by @kykyi in Enhancement: drop invalid rows on validate with new param #1189
• Bump actions/cache from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in Bump actions/cache from 2 to 3 #1233
• Bump actions/setup-python from 1 to 4 by @dependabot in Bump actions/setup-python from 1 to 4 #1232
• Bugfix: Ensure defaults are correctly applied by @kykyi in Bugfix: Ensure defaults are correctly applied #1240
• Bug fix while ordering optional keys from schema in static method from_records from pandera df by @manel-ab in Bug fix while ordering optional keys from schema in static method from_records from pandera df #1238
• Add add_missing_columns DataFrame schema config per enhancement Add nullable column when missing. #687 by @derinwalters in Add add_missing_columns DataFrame schema config per enhancement #687 #1186
• Support pyspark sql dataframe validation by @cosmicBboy in Support pyspark sql dataframe validation #1243
• fix issue with non-required regex-matched columns by @cosmicBboy in fix issue with non-required regex-matched columns #1251
• Pin pydantic < v2 by @cosmicBboy in Pin pydantic < v2 #1256

New Contributors

• @honno made their first contribution in Use custom check strategies #1203
• @manel-ab made their first contribution in Static type hint error on class pandera DataFrame #1207
• @danhje made their first contribution in Relax python_requires constraint #1209
• @lindenwells made their first contribution in fix typo in docs #1201
• @leifwar made their first contribution in Make hypothesis dependency optional (#1215) #1216
• @nathanjmcdougall made their first contribution in Update extensions.rst #1219
• @karajan1001 made their first contribution in Add unique_values_eq argument to pa.Field #1230
• @kurtmckee made their first contribution in Add a Dependabot config to update GitHub workflow actions #1223
• @dependabot made their first contribution in Bump actions/checkout from 2 to 3 #1234
• @derinwalters made their first contribution in Add add_missing_columns DataFrame schema config per enhancement #687 #1186
• @NeerajMalhotra-QB made their first contribution in Support pyspark sql dataframe validation #1243
• @jaskaransinghsidana made their first contribution in Support pyspark sql dataframe validation #1243

Full Changelog: v0.15.2...v0.16.0

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