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Adds a Java chunked Parquet writer API that returns the footer produced by libcudf when the writer is closed. ParquetTableWriter.closeAndGetFooter() returns an owned HostMemoryBuffer allocated through the configured host allocator, while ordinary close() remains idempotent and discards the returned footer.

The JNI bridge copies the metadata-only Parquet blob directly into the host buffer without an intermediate Java byte array. Tests cover file and buffer sinks, custom allocator ownership, footer contents, and repeated-close behavior.

Closes #18886.

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  • New Features

    • Added a dedicated Parquet table writer for chunked file and host-buffer output.
    • Added the ability to retrieve Parquet footer metadata as an owned host-memory buffer.
    • Added direct table-writing support for incremental Parquet generation.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved writer finalization and cleanup when closing Parquet outputs.
    • Prevented additional writes after a writer has been closed.

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Parquet footer retrieval

Layer / File(s) Summary
Writer API and construction
java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ParquetTableWriter.java, java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Table.java
Adds the standalone ParquetTableWriter and routes Parquet factory methods and chunk writes through it.
Writer finalization and footer ownership
java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ParquetTableWriter.java
Adds close-state checks, shared finalization, buffer-consumer completion, and closeAndGetFooter().
JNI writer bindings
java/src/main/native/src/TableJni.cpp
Moves Parquet writer JNI methods to ParquetTableWriter and passes the explicit footer allocation mode.
Writer lifecycle validation
java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
Tests footer contents, allocator reuse, completion callbacks, repeated closure, and writes after closure.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d6d36

The new footer-returning finalization API can race with concurrent writes or closure on the same writer, potentially causing native memory errors or process failure. Merge should wait for serialized lifecycle handling or explicit owner acceptance of the documented thread-safety limitation.

Suggested reviewers: haoyang670, res-life

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 11.11% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 36 functions across 6 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding a Java API that returns the Parquet footer.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the new chunked Parquet writer API, footer ownership, JNI behavior, and test coverage.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue [#18886] by adding ParquetTableWriter.closeAndGetFooter(), returning the footer in an owned HostMemoryBuffer for metadata consumers.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The standalone writer class, JNI namespace changes, allocator handling, and tests support the footer-return API and remain within the linked issue scope.
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In `@java/src/main/native/src/TableJni.cpp`:
- Around line 2472-2480: The writeParquetEndAndGetFooter implementation
currently returns the entire allocated host buffer even though only
footer->size() bytes are populated. Return a buffer limited to exactly
footer->size(), or enforce and validate an exact allocation before returning
result; preserve the existing footer copy and allocation behavior.
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Addressed the CodeRabbit footer-length finding in ea689ce: JNI now requires the allocator to return a HostMemoryBuffer whose exposed length exactly matches the requested footer size, so the returned buffer cannot contain uninitialized trailing bytes.

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Addressed both comments from review 5073664747 in 952e433:

  • Moved the public writer and its JNI declarations into standalone ParquetTableWriter.java.
  • Removed the duplicate allocate_host_buffer overload and reused the existing helper with prefer_pinned=true, consistent with other JNI writer buffers.

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Addressed review 5073820702 in 181ca24. The now-unrelated copyright edits in CudfJni.cpp and cudf_jni_apis.hpp were reverted; neither file remains in the PR diff.

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/ok to test 181ca24

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java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ParquetTableWriter.java (1)

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Add a unit benchmark for footer finalization.

closeAndGetFooter() adds a native finalization and host-buffer allocation path. Add a unit benchmark for file and buffer sinks, including custom allocator use, in addition to the functional tests. This follows the repository requirement to add unit tests and unit benchmarks.

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In `@java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ParquetTableWriter.java` around lines 94 -
98, Add unit benchmarks covering closeAndGetFooter() finalization for both file
and buffer sinks, including configurations that use a custom allocator. Keep the
existing functional tests unchanged and place the benchmarks alongside the
relevant writer test or benchmark symbols.

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In `@java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ParquetTableWriter.java`:
- Around line 94-98: Add unit benchmarks covering closeAndGetFooter()
finalization for both file and buffer sinks, including configurations that use a
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LGTM overall. Left some minor questions.

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LGTM

* @return a Parquet table writer to use for writing out multiple tables.
*/
public static TableWriter writeParquetChunked(ParquetWriterOptions options, File outputFile) {
public static ParquetTableWriter writeParquetChunked(ParquetWriterOptions options,

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[P1] Preserve binary compatibility for the existing factories

Changing the return type of these public static methods from TableWriter to ParquetTableWriter changes their JVM method descriptors. Existing applications compiled against the current API will still request a descriptor returning TableWriter, so upgrading the jar will make all three writeParquetChunked overloads fail with NoSuchMethodError; javap -s also shows that no compatibility bridge is emitted for these static methods. Please keep the existing factory signatures returning TableWriter and add a differently named factory that returns ParquetTableWriter for callers that need closeAndGetFooter().

auto result = cudf::jni::allocate_host_buffer(
env, static_cast<jlong>(footer->size()), true, host_memory_allocator);
auto const result_size = cudf::jni::get_host_buffer_length(env, result);
CUDF_EXPECTS(result_size == static_cast<jlong>(footer->size()),

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[P1] Support allocator buffers whose capacity differs from the request

HostMemoryAllocator does not require the returned buffer length to exactly equal the requested size, and the existing jni_writer_data_sink deliberately reads and uses the allocator's actual buffer length. A valid pooling allocator that rounds allocations up will therefore fail this check after the writer has already been closed, and the newly allocated HostMemoryBuffer is not explicitly closed on that exception path. Please accept a buffer with at least footer->size() capacity, return an exact-length slice while transferring/closing the parent correctly, and release every allocated buffer on failure. A regression test with an allocator that returns an oversized buffer would cover both the supported allocator contract and ownership path.

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