[FEATURE REQUEST]: Spark 4.0 support for VariantType
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
Need to utilize the VariantType data type in Spark 4.0 to describe things like JsonObject in a schema.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
Add `VariantType` as a supported data type.
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Making my own data type for the time being...
```csharp
public sealed class VariantType : DataType
{
}
```
**Additional context**
https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/java//org/apache/spark/sql/types/DataTypes.html
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