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18//! Iceberg writer module.
19//!
20//! This module contains the generic writer trait and specific writer implementation. We categorize the writer into two types:
21//! 1. FileWriter: writer for physical file format (Such as parquet, orc).
22//! 2. IcebergWriter: writer for logical format provided by iceberg table (Such as data file, equality delete file, position delete file)
23//!    or other function (Such as partition writer, delta writer).
24//!
25//! The IcebergWriter will use the inner FileWriter to write physical files.
26//!
27//! The writer interface is designed to be extensible and flexible. Writers can be independently configured
28//! and composed to support complex write logic. E.g. By combining `FanoutPartitionWriter`, `DataFileWriter`, and `ParquetWriter`,
29//! you can build a writer that automatically partitions the data and writes it in the Parquet format.
30//!
31//! For this purpose, there are four trait corresponding to these writer:
32//! - IcebergWriterBuilder
33//! - IcebergWriter
34//! - FileWriterBuilder
35//! - FileWriter
36//!
37//! Users can create specific writer builders, combine them, and build the final writer.
38//! They can also define custom writers by implementing the `Writer` trait,
39//! allowing seamless integration with existing writers. (See the example below.)
40//!
41//! # Simple example for the data file writer used parquet physical format:
42//! ```rust, no_run
43//! use std::collections::HashMap;
44//! use std::sync::Arc;
45//!
46//! use arrow_array::{ArrayRef, BooleanArray, Int32Array, RecordBatch, StringArray};
47//! use async_trait::async_trait;
48//! use iceberg::io::{FileIO, FileIOBuilder};
49//! use iceberg::spec::DataFile;
50//! use iceberg::transaction::Transaction;
51//! use iceberg::writer::base_writer::data_file_writer::DataFileWriterBuilder;
52//! use iceberg::writer::file_writer::ParquetWriterBuilder;
53//! use iceberg::writer::file_writer::location_generator::{
54//!     DefaultFileNameGenerator, DefaultLocationGenerator,
55//! };
56//! use iceberg::writer::{IcebergWriter, IcebergWriterBuilder};
57//! use iceberg::{Catalog, CatalogBuilder, MemoryCatalog, Result, TableIdent};
58//! use parquet::file::properties::WriterProperties;
59//! #[tokio::main]
60//! async fn main() -> Result<()> {
61//!     // Connect to a catalog.
62//!     use iceberg::memory::{MEMORY_CATALOG_WAREHOUSE, MemoryCatalogBuilder};
63//!     use iceberg::writer::file_writer::rolling_writer::{
64//!         RollingFileWriter, RollingFileWriterBuilder,
65//!     };
66//!     let catalog = MemoryCatalogBuilder::default()
67//!         .load(
68//!             "memory",
69//!             HashMap::from([(
70//!                 MEMORY_CATALOG_WAREHOUSE.to_string(),
71//!                 "file:///path/to/warehouse".to_string(),
72//!             )]),
73//!         )
74//!         .await?;
75//!     // Add customized code to create a table first.
76//!
77//!     // Load table from catalog.
78//!     let table = catalog
79//!         .load_table(&TableIdent::from_strs(["hello", "world"])?)
80//!         .await?;
81//!     let location_generator = DefaultLocationGenerator::new(table.metadata().clone()).unwrap();
82//!     let file_name_generator = DefaultFileNameGenerator::new(
83//!         "test".to_string(),
84//!         None,
85//!         iceberg::spec::DataFileFormat::Parquet,
86//!     );
87//!
88//!     // Create a parquet file writer builder. The parameter can get from table.
89//!     let schema = table.metadata().current_schema().clone();
90//!     let parquet_writer_builder =
91//!         ParquetWriterBuilder::new(WriterProperties::default(), schema.clone());
92//!
93//!     // Create a rolling file writer using parquet file writer builder.
94//!     let rolling_file_writer_builder = RollingFileWriterBuilder::new_with_default_file_size(
95//!         parquet_writer_builder,
96//!         schema,
97//!         table.file_io().clone(),
98//!         location_generator.clone(),
99//!         file_name_generator.clone(),
100//!     );
101//!
102//!     // Create a data file writer using parquet file writer builder.
103//!     let data_file_writer_builder = DataFileWriterBuilder::new(rolling_file_writer_builder);
104//!     // Build the data file writer
105//!     let mut data_file_writer = data_file_writer_builder.build(None).await?;
106//!
107//!     // Write the data using data_file_writer...
108//!
109//!     // Close the write and it will return data files back
110//!     let data_files = data_file_writer.close().await.unwrap();
111//!
112//!     Ok(())
113//! }
114//! ```
115//!
116//! # Custom writer to record latency
117//! ```rust, no_run
118//! use std::collections::HashMap;
119//! use std::time::Instant;
120//!
121//! use arrow_array::RecordBatch;
122//! use iceberg::io::FileIOBuilder;
123//! use iceberg::memory::MemoryCatalogBuilder;
124//! use iceberg::spec::{DataFile, PartitionKey};
125//! use iceberg::writer::base_writer::data_file_writer::DataFileWriterBuilder;
126//! use iceberg::writer::file_writer::ParquetWriterBuilder;
127//! use iceberg::writer::file_writer::location_generator::{
128//!     DefaultFileNameGenerator, DefaultLocationGenerator,
129//! };
130//! use iceberg::writer::{IcebergWriter, IcebergWriterBuilder};
131//! use iceberg::{Catalog, CatalogBuilder, MemoryCatalog, Result, TableIdent};
132//! use parquet::file::properties::WriterProperties;
133//!
134//! #[derive(Clone)]
135//! struct LatencyRecordWriterBuilder<B> {
136//!     inner_writer_builder: B,
137//! }
138//!
139//! impl<B: IcebergWriterBuilder> LatencyRecordWriterBuilder<B> {
140//!     pub fn new(inner_writer_builder: B) -> Self {
141//!         Self {
142//!             inner_writer_builder,
143//!         }
144//!     }
145//! }
146//!
147//! #[async_trait::async_trait]
148//! impl<B: IcebergWriterBuilder> IcebergWriterBuilder for LatencyRecordWriterBuilder<B> {
149//!     type R = LatencyRecordWriter<B::R>;
150//!
151//!     async fn build(&self, partition_key: Option<PartitionKey>) -> Result<Self::R> {
152//!         Ok(LatencyRecordWriter {
153//!             inner_writer: self.inner_writer_builder.build(partition_key).await?,
154//!         })
155//!     }
156//! }
157//! struct LatencyRecordWriter<W> {
158//!     inner_writer: W,
159//! }
160//!
161//! #[async_trait::async_trait]
162//! impl<W: IcebergWriter> IcebergWriter for LatencyRecordWriter<W> {
163//!     async fn write(&mut self, input: RecordBatch) -> Result<()> {
164//!         let start = Instant::now();
165//!         self.inner_writer.write(input).await?;
166//!         let _latency = start.elapsed();
167//!         // record latency...
168//!         Ok(())
169//!     }
170//!
171//!     async fn close(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<DataFile>> {
172//!         let start = Instant::now();
173//!         let res = self.inner_writer.close().await?;
174//!         let _latency = start.elapsed();
175//!         // record latency...
176//!         Ok(res)
177//!     }
178//! }
179//!
180//! #[tokio::main]
181//! async fn main() -> Result<()> {
182//!     // Connect to a catalog.
183//!     use iceberg::memory::MEMORY_CATALOG_WAREHOUSE;
184//!     use iceberg::spec::{Literal, PartitionKey, Struct};
185//!     use iceberg::writer::file_writer::rolling_writer::{
186//!         RollingFileWriter, RollingFileWriterBuilder,
187//!     };
188//!
189//!     let catalog = MemoryCatalogBuilder::default()
190//!         .load(
191//!             "memory",
192//!             HashMap::from([(
193//!                 MEMORY_CATALOG_WAREHOUSE.to_string(),
194//!                 "file:///path/to/warehouse".to_string(),
195//!             )]),
196//!         )
197//!         .await?;
198//!
199//!     // Add customized code to create a table first.
200//!
201//!     // Load table from catalog.
202//!     let table = catalog
203//!         .load_table(&TableIdent::from_strs(["hello", "world"])?)
204//!         .await?;
205//!     let partition_key = PartitionKey::new(
206//!         table.metadata().default_partition_spec().as_ref().clone(),
207//!         table.metadata().current_schema().clone(),
208//!         Struct::from_iter(vec![Some(Literal::string("Seattle"))]),
209//!     );
210//!     let location_generator = DefaultLocationGenerator::new(table.metadata().clone()).unwrap();
211//!     let file_name_generator = DefaultFileNameGenerator::new(
212//!         "test".to_string(),
213//!         None,
214//!         iceberg::spec::DataFileFormat::Parquet,
215//!     );
216//!
217//!     // Create a parquet file writer builder. The parameter can get from table.
218//!     let schema = table.metadata().current_schema().clone();
219//!     let parquet_writer_builder =
220//!         ParquetWriterBuilder::new(WriterProperties::default(), schema.clone());
221//!
222//!     // Create a rolling file writer
223//!     let rolling_file_writer_builder = RollingFileWriterBuilder::new(
224//!         parquet_writer_builder,
225//!         schema,
226//!         512 * 1024 * 1024,
227//!         table.file_io().clone(),
228//!         location_generator.clone(),
229//!         file_name_generator.clone(),
230//!     );
231//!
232//!     // Create a data file writer builder using rolling file writer.
233//!     let data_file_writer_builder = DataFileWriterBuilder::new(rolling_file_writer_builder);
234//!     // Create latency record writer using data file writer builder.
235//!     let latency_record_builder = LatencyRecordWriterBuilder::new(data_file_writer_builder);
236//!     // Build the final writer
237//!     let mut latency_record_data_file_writer = latency_record_builder
238//!         .build(Some(partition_key))
239//!         .await
240//!         .unwrap();
241//!
242//!     Ok(())
243//! }
244//! ```
245//!
246//! # Adding Partitioning to Data File Writers
247//!
248//! You can wrap a `DataFileWriter` with partitioning writers to handle partitioned tables.
249//! Iceberg provides two partitioning strategies:
250//!
251//! ## FanoutWriter - For Unsorted Data
252//!
253//! Wraps the data file writer to handle unsorted data by maintaining multiple active writers.
254//! Use this when your data is not pre-sorted by partition key. Writes to different partitions
255//! can happen in any order, even interleaved.
256//!
257//! ```rust, no_run
258//! # // Same setup as the simple example above...
259//! # use iceberg::memory::{MEMORY_CATALOG_WAREHOUSE, MemoryCatalogBuilder};
260//! # use iceberg::writer::file_writer::rolling_writer::RollingFileWriterBuilder;
261//! # use iceberg::{Catalog, CatalogBuilder, Result, TableIdent};
262//! # use iceberg::writer::base_writer::data_file_writer::DataFileWriterBuilder;
263//! # use iceberg::writer::file_writer::ParquetWriterBuilder;
264//! # use iceberg::writer::file_writer::location_generator::{
265//! #     DefaultFileNameGenerator, DefaultLocationGenerator,
266//! # };
267//! # use parquet::file::properties::WriterProperties;
268//! # use std::collections::HashMap;
269//! # #[tokio::main]
270//! # async fn main() -> Result<()> {
271//! # let catalog = MemoryCatalogBuilder::default()
272//! #     .load("memory", HashMap::from([(MEMORY_CATALOG_WAREHOUSE.to_string(), "file:///path/to/warehouse".to_string())]))
273//! #     .await?;
274//! # let table = catalog.load_table(&TableIdent::from_strs(["hello", "world"])?).await?;
275//! # let location_generator = DefaultLocationGenerator::new(table.metadata().clone()).unwrap();
276//! # let file_name_generator = DefaultFileNameGenerator::new("test".to_string(), None, iceberg::spec::DataFileFormat::Parquet);
277//! # let schema = table.metadata().current_schema().clone();
278//! # let parquet_writer_builder = ParquetWriterBuilder::new(WriterProperties::default(), schema.clone());
279//! # let rolling_writer_builder = RollingFileWriterBuilder::new_with_default_file_size(
280//! #     parquet_writer_builder, schema, table.file_io().clone(), location_generator, file_name_generator);
281//! # let data_file_writer_builder = DataFileWriterBuilder::new(rolling_writer_builder);
282//!
283//! // Wrap the data file writer with FanoutWriter for partitioning
284//! use iceberg::writer::partitioning::fanout_writer::FanoutWriter;
285//! use iceberg::writer::partitioning::PartitioningWriter;
286//! use iceberg::spec::{Literal, PartitionKey, Struct};
287//!
288//! let mut fanout_writer = FanoutWriter::new(data_file_writer_builder);
289//!
290//! // Create partition keys for different regions
291//! let schema = table.metadata().current_schema().clone();
292//! let partition_spec = table.metadata().default_partition_spec().as_ref().clone();
293//!
294//! let partition_key_us = PartitionKey::new(
295//!     partition_spec.clone(),
296//!     schema.clone(),
297//!     Struct::from_iter([Some(Literal::string("US"))]),
298//! );
299//!
300//! let partition_key_eu = PartitionKey::new(
301//!     partition_spec.clone(),
302//!     schema.clone(),
303//!     Struct::from_iter([Some(Literal::string("EU"))]),
304//! );
305//!
306//! // Write to different partitions in any order - can interleave partition writes
307//! // fanout_writer.write(partition_key_us.clone(), batch_us1).await?;
308//! // fanout_writer.write(partition_key_eu.clone(), batch_eu1).await?;
309//! // fanout_writer.write(partition_key_us.clone(), batch_us2).await?; // Back to US - OK!
310//! // fanout_writer.write(partition_key_eu.clone(), batch_eu2).await?; // Back to EU - OK!
311//!
312//! let data_files = fanout_writer.close().await?;
313//! # Ok(())
314//! # }
315//! ```
316//!
317//! ## ClusteredWriter - For Sorted Data
318//!
319//! Wraps the data file writer for pre-sorted data. More memory efficient as it maintains
320//! only one active writer at a time, but requires input sorted by partition key.
321//!
322//! ```rust, no_run
323//! # // Same setup as the simple example above...
324//! # use iceberg::memory::{MEMORY_CATALOG_WAREHOUSE, MemoryCatalogBuilder};
325//! # use iceberg::writer::file_writer::rolling_writer::RollingFileWriterBuilder;
326//! # use iceberg::{Catalog, CatalogBuilder, Result, TableIdent};
327//! # use iceberg::writer::base_writer::data_file_writer::DataFileWriterBuilder;
328//! # use iceberg::writer::file_writer::ParquetWriterBuilder;
329//! # use iceberg::writer::file_writer::location_generator::{
330//! #     DefaultFileNameGenerator, DefaultLocationGenerator,
331//! # };
332//! # use parquet::file::properties::WriterProperties;
333//! # use std::collections::HashMap;
334//! # #[tokio::main]
335//! # async fn main() -> Result<()> {
336//! # let catalog = MemoryCatalogBuilder::default()
337//! #     .load("memory", HashMap::from([(MEMORY_CATALOG_WAREHOUSE.to_string(), "file:///path/to/warehouse".to_string())]))
338//! #     .await?;
339//! # let table = catalog.load_table(&TableIdent::from_strs(["hello", "world"])?).await?;
340//! # let location_generator = DefaultLocationGenerator::new(table.metadata().clone()).unwrap();
341//! # let file_name_generator = DefaultFileNameGenerator::new("test".to_string(), None, iceberg::spec::DataFileFormat::Parquet);
342//! # let schema = table.metadata().current_schema().clone();
343//! # let parquet_writer_builder = ParquetWriterBuilder::new(WriterProperties::default(), schema.clone());
344//! # let rolling_writer_builder = RollingFileWriterBuilder::new_with_default_file_size(
345//! #     parquet_writer_builder, schema, table.file_io().clone(), location_generator, file_name_generator);
346//! # let data_file_writer_builder = DataFileWriterBuilder::new(rolling_writer_builder);
347//!
348//! // Wrap the data file writer with ClusteredWriter for sorted partitioning
349//! use iceberg::writer::partitioning::clustered_writer::ClusteredWriter;
350//! use iceberg::writer::partitioning::PartitioningWriter;
351//! use iceberg::spec::{Literal, PartitionKey, Struct};
352//!
353//! let mut clustered_writer = ClusteredWriter::new(data_file_writer_builder);
354//!
355//! // Create partition keys (must write in sorted order)
356//! let schema = table.metadata().current_schema().clone();
357//! let partition_spec = table.metadata().default_partition_spec().as_ref().clone();
358//!
359//! let partition_key_asia = PartitionKey::new(
360//!     partition_spec.clone(),
361//!     schema.clone(),
362//!     Struct::from_iter([Some(Literal::string("ASIA"))]),
363//! );
364//!
365//! let partition_key_eu = PartitionKey::new(
366//!     partition_spec.clone(),
367//!     schema.clone(),
368//!     Struct::from_iter([Some(Literal::string("EU"))]),
369//! );
370//!
371//! let partition_key_us = PartitionKey::new(
372//!     partition_spec.clone(),
373//!     schema.clone(),
374//!     Struct::from_iter([Some(Literal::string("US"))]),
375//! );
376//!
377//! // Write to partitions in sorted order (ASIA -> EU -> US)
378//! // clustered_writer.write(partition_key_asia, batch_asia).await?;
379//! // clustered_writer.write(partition_key_eu, batch_eu).await?;
380//! // clustered_writer.write(partition_key_us, batch_us).await?;
381//! // Writing back to ASIA would fail since data must be sorted!
382//!
383//! let data_files = clustered_writer.close().await?;
384//!
385//!     Ok(())
386//! }
387//! ```
388
389pub mod base_writer;
390pub mod combined_writer;
391pub mod file_writer;
392pub mod partitioning;
393
394use arrow_array::RecordBatch;
395
396use crate::Result;
397use crate::spec::{DataFile, PartitionKey};
398
399type DefaultInput = RecordBatch;
400type DefaultOutput = Vec<DataFile>;
401
402/// The builder for iceberg writer.
403#[async_trait::async_trait]
404pub trait IcebergWriterBuilder<I = DefaultInput, O = DefaultOutput>: Send + Sync + 'static {
405    /// The associated writer type.
406    type R: IcebergWriter<I, O>;
407    /// Build the iceberg writer with an optional partition key.
408    async fn build(&self, partition_key: Option<PartitionKey>) -> Result<Self::R>;
409}
410
411/// The iceberg writer used to write data to iceberg table.
412#[async_trait::async_trait]
413pub trait IcebergWriter<I = DefaultInput, O = DefaultOutput>: Send + 'static {
414    /// Write data to iceberg table.
415    async fn write(&mut self, input: I) -> Result<()>;
416    /// Close the writer and return the written data files.
417    /// If close failed, the data written before maybe be lost. User may need to recreate the writer and rewrite the data again.
418    /// # NOTE
419    /// After close, regardless of success or failure, the writer should never be used again, otherwise the writer will panic.
420    async fn close(&mut self) -> Result<O>;
421}
422
423/// The current file status of the Iceberg writer.
424/// This is implemented for writers that write a single file at a time.
425pub trait CurrentFileStatus {
426    /// Get the current file path.
427    fn current_file_path(&self) -> String;
428    /// Get the current file row number.
429    fn current_row_num(&self) -> usize;
430    /// Get the current file written size.
431    fn current_written_size(&self) -> usize;
432    /// Get the current schema used by the writer.
433    fn current_schema(&self) -> crate::spec::SchemaRef;
434}
435
436#[cfg(test)]
437mod tests {
438    use arrow_array::RecordBatch;
439    use arrow_schema::Schema;
440    use arrow_select::concat::concat_batches;
441    use parquet::arrow::arrow_reader::ParquetRecordBatchReaderBuilder;
442
443    use super::IcebergWriter;
444    use crate::io::FileIO;
445    use crate::spec::{DataFile, DataFileFormat};
446
447    // This function is used to guarantee the trait can be used as an object safe trait.
448    async fn _guarantee_object_safe(mut w: Box<dyn IcebergWriter>) {
449        let _ = w
450            .write(RecordBatch::new_empty(Schema::empty().into()))
451            .await;
452        let _ = w.close().await;
453    }
454
455    // This function check:
456    // The data of the written parquet file is correct.
457    // The metadata of the data file is consistent with the written parquet file.
458    pub(crate) async fn check_parquet_data_file(
459        file_io: &FileIO,
460        data_file: &DataFile,
461        batch: &RecordBatch,
462    ) {
463        assert_eq!(data_file.file_format, DataFileFormat::Parquet);
464
465        let input_file = file_io.new_input(data_file.file_path.clone()).unwrap();
466        // read the written file
467        let input_content = input_file.read().await.unwrap();
468        let reader_builder =
469            ParquetRecordBatchReaderBuilder::try_new(input_content.clone()).unwrap();
470
471        // check data
472        let reader = reader_builder.build().unwrap();
473        let batches = reader.map(|batch| batch.unwrap()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
474        let res = concat_batches(&batch.schema(), &batches).unwrap();
475        assert_eq!(*batch, res);
476    }
477}