apache / apache/parquet-java

Throw typed exception for Parquet footer error

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Type: enhancement
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Description

### Describe the enhancement requested

Currently, `ParquetFileReader` throws `RuntimeExceptions` when footer parsing fails.

This can be improved by throwing a `ParquetDecodingException` when footer parsing fails, so footer corruption surfaces as a typed exception instead of a plain `RuntimeException`. This helps avoid matching on error message to catch errors occurred during footer parsing.

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Research direction

Start in ParquetFileReader and inspect the footer-parsing failure paths alongside ParquetDecodingException. Confirm that corrupted-footer failures surface as the typed exception rather than RuntimeException, then verify the relevant reader behavior with the repository's existing tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
data-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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