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Rok Mihevc updated ARROW-474:
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External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16118
> Create an Arrow streaming file fomat
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> Key: ARROW-474
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-474
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Format
> Reporter: Nong Li
> Assignee: Nong Li
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 0.2.0
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> It would be helpful to have a file/container layout that allows for streaming
> consumer and producers of arrow data.
> As a motivating example, a reader could have this API:
> Iterator<Record> read(java.io.InputStream source).
> Similar a writer can have:
> void write(RecordBatch, java.io.OutputStream dest)
> The streams can be from a variety of sources: it be files, over the network,
> shared memory, pipe, etc. The layout would make it possible to implement
> both APIs without requiring intermediate buffering.
> Speaking with Julien, this involves creating a simple container format
> similar to ARROW-264 but suitable for streaming consumer and producers. The
> layout in ARROW-264 has the schema at the end so can't be used in a streaming
> way. This format would likely be a rearranging of the current File layout
> pieces, something similar to:
> MAGIC, schema, totalBatches, (RecordBatchHeader, RecordBatchBody)*, MAGIC (or
> some end marker)
> totalBatches is optional for streaming producers that don't know.
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