apache / apache/parquet-java

Missing field id support in parquet metadata

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Component: Java Component: Parquet Priority: Major Type: bug
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Description

Field id is essential for some serialization framework such as protobuf, and they are used to keep schema forward/backward compatibility which could not be achieved by using field names. Currently field id is not persisted as file metadata.

Reporter: Qinghui Xu / @qinghui-xu

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Note: This issue was originally created as PARQUET-951. Please see the migration documentation for further details.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing Pull Request #410 and the linked migration documentation, then inspect how Parquet file metadata currently represents schema fields. Confirm whether field identifiers are already addressed elsewhere and use the compatibility requirements in the issue to define done; the existing PR indicates this work may already have moved forward.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
data-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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