arrow (version 0.16.0.2)

FileFormat: Dataset file formats

Description

A FileFormat holds information about how to read and parse the files included in a Source. There are subclasses corresponding to the supported file formats (ParquetFileFormat and IpcFileFormat).

Arguments

Factory

FileFormat$create() takes the following arguments:

  • format: A string identifier of the format of the files in path. Currently supported options are "parquet", "arrow", and "ipc" (an alias for the Arrow file format)

  • ...: Additional format-specific options

It returns the appropriate subclass of FileFormat (e.g. ParquetFileFormat)