Builder interface for arrow_ipc::FileWriter
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.**
While looking into https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/8635, I noticed that arrow_ipc::FileWriter does not appear to have a builder interface for configuring write related options. It would be convenient to have a similar interface to parquet WriterProperties::builder() or csv WriterBuilder that enables mutating specific options.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
arrow_ipc::FileWriterBuilder that enables configuring options with a similar interface for other writers in arrow-rs
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
The existing interface does enable setting options via IpcWriteOptions::try_new and IpcWriteOptions::try_with_compression, so this is more for convenience / consistency than adding new functionality.
**Additional context**
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating arrow_ipc::FileWriter and IpcWriteOptions, then compare their APIs with parquet WriterProperties::builder() and csv WriterBuilder. The work is done when a FileWriterBuilder provides consistent configuration for the existing write options and tests verify the builder behavior without removing the current IpcWriteOptions interfaces.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- data-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100