Added support to write to Avro

Cargo.toml

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ io_parquet_compression = [
     "parquet2/lz4",
     "parquet2/brotli",
 ]
-io_avro = ["avro-schema", "fallible-streaming-iterator", "serde_json"]
+io_avro = ["avro-schema", "streaming-iterator", "fallible-streaming-iterator", "serde_json"]
 io_avro_compression = [
     "libflate",
     "snap",

examples/avro_write.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+use std::fs::File;
+
+use arrow2::{
+    array::{Array, Int32Array},
+    datatypes::{Field, Schema},
+    error::Result,
+    io::avro::write,
+};
+
+fn write_avro<W: std::io::Write>(
+    file: &mut W,
+    arrays: &[&dyn Array],
+    schema: &Schema,
+    compression: Option<write::Compression>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let avro_fields = write::to_avro_schema(schema)?;
+
+    let mut serializers = arrays
+        .iter()
+        .zip(avro_fields.iter())
+        .map(|(array, field)| write::new_serializer(*array, &field.schema))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let mut block = write::Block::new(arrays[0].len(), vec![]);
+
+    write::serialize(&mut serializers, &mut block)?;
+
+    let mut compressed_block = write::CompressedBlock::default();
+
+    if let Some(compression) = compression {
+        write::compress(&block, &mut compressed_block, compression)?;
+    } else {
+        compressed_block.number_of_rows = block.number_of_rows;
+        std::mem::swap(&mut compressed_block.data, &mut block.data);
+    }
+
+    write::write_metadata(file, avro_fields.clone(), compression)?;
+
+    write::write_block(file, &compressed_block)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    use std::env;
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+
+    let path = &args[1];
+
+    let array = Int32Array::from(&[
+        Some(0),
+        Some(1),
+        Some(2),
+        Some(3),
+        Some(4),
+        Some(5),
+        Some(6),
+    ]);
+    let field = Field::new("c1", array.data_type().clone(), true);
+    let schema = Schema::new(vec![field]);
+
+    let mut file = File::create(path)?;
+    write_avro(&mut file, &[(&array) as &dyn Array], &schema, None)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}

guide/src/SUMMARY.md

@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
     - [Read Arrow stream](./io/ipc_stream_read.md)
     - [Write Arrow](./io/ipc_write.md)
     - [Read Avro](./io/avro_read.md)
+    - [Write Avro](./io/avro_write.md)

guide/src/io/avro_write.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Avro write
+
+You can use this crate to write to Apache Avro.
+Below is an example, which you can run when this crate is compiled with feature `io_avro`.
+
+```rust
+{{#include ../../../examples/avro_write.rs}}
+```

src/io/avro/mod.rs

@@ -6,14 +6,23 @@ pub mod read;
 #[cfg(feature = "io_avro_async")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "io_avro_async")))]
 pub mod read_async;
+pub mod write;
+
+/// Valid compressions
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Compression {
+    /// Deflate
+    Deflate,
+    /// Snappy
+    Snappy,
+}
 
 // macros that can operate in sync and async code.
 macro_rules! avro_decode {
     ($reader:ident $($_await:tt)*) => {
         {
             let mut i = 0u64;
             let mut buf = [0u8; 1];
-
             let mut j = 0;
             loop {
                 if j > 9 {

src/io/avro/read/block.rs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fn read_size<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<(usize, usize)> {
     Ok((rows as usize, bytes as usize))
 }
 
-/// Reads a block from the file into `buf`.
+/// Reads a block from the `reader` into `buf`.
 /// # Panic
 /// Panics iff the block marker does not equal to the file's marker
 fn read_block<R: Read>(reader: &mut R, buf: &mut Vec<u8>, file_marker: [u8; 16]) -> Result<usize> {

src/io/avro/read/mod.rs

@@ -24,22 +24,15 @@ use crate::datatypes::Schema;
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::record_batch::RecordBatch;
 
-/// Valid compressions
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum Compression {
-    /// Deflate
-    Deflate,
-    /// Snappy
-    Snappy,
-}
+use super::Compression;
 
 /// Reads the avro metadata from `reader` into a [`Schema`], [`Compression`] and magic marker.
 #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
 pub fn read_metadata<R: std::io::Read>(
     reader: &mut R,
 ) -> Result<(Vec<AvroSchema>, Schema, Option<Compression>, [u8; 16])> {
     let (avro_schema, codec, marker) = util::read_schema(reader)?;
-    let schema = schema::convert_schema(&avro_schema)?;
+    let schema = convert_schema(&avro_schema)?;
 
     let avro_schema = if let AvroSchema::Record(Record { fields, .. }) = avro_schema {
         fields.into_iter().map(|x| x.schema).collect()

src/io/avro/read/schema.rs

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ fn external_props(schema: &AvroSchema) -> BTreeMap<String, String> {
     props
 }
 
+/// Maps an Avro Schema into a [`Schema`].
 pub fn convert_schema(schema: &AvroSchema) -> Result<Schema> {
     let mut schema_fields = vec![];
     match schema {
@@ -65,22 +66,25 @@ pub fn convert_schema(schema: &AvroSchema) -> Result<Schema> {
                     &field.schema,
                     Some(&field.name),
                     false,
-                    Some(&external_props(&field.schema)),
+                    Some(external_props(&field.schema)),
                 )?)
             }
         }
-        schema => schema_fields.push(schema_to_field(schema, Some(""), false, None)?),
-    }
-
-    let schema = Schema::new(schema_fields);
-    Ok(schema)
+        other => {
+            return Err(ArrowError::OutOfSpec(format!(
+                "An avro Schema must be of type Record - it is of type {:?}",
+                other
+            )))
+        }
+    };
+    Ok(Schema::new(schema_fields))
 }
 
 fn schema_to_field(
     schema: &AvroSchema,
     name: Option<&str>,
     mut nullable: bool,
-    props: Option<&BTreeMap<String, String>>,
+    props: Option<BTreeMap<String, String>>,
 ) -> Result<Field> {
     let data_type = match schema {
         AvroSchema::Null => DataType::Null,
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ fn schema_to_field(
                         &field.schema,
                         Some(&format!("{}.{}", name, field.name)),
                         false,
-                        Some(&props),
+                        Some(props),
                     )
                 })
                 .collect();
@@ -198,6 +202,6 @@ fn schema_to_field(
     let name = name.unwrap_or_default();
 
     let mut field = Field::new(name, data_type, nullable);
-    field.set_metadata(props.cloned());
+    field.set_metadata(props);
     Ok(field)
 }

src/io/avro/read_async/metadata.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::error::{ArrowError, Result};
 
 use super::super::read::convert_schema;
 use super::super::read::deserialize_header;
-use super::super::read::Compression;
+use super::super::Compression;
 use super::super::{read_header, read_metadata};
 use super::utils::zigzag_i64;
 

src/io/avro/write/block.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+
+use crate::{error::Result, io::avro::Compression};
+
+use super::{util::zigzag_encode, SYNC_NUMBER};
+
+/// A compressed Avro block.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq)]
+pub struct CompressedBlock {
+    /// The number of rows
+    pub number_of_rows: usize,
+    /// The compressed data
+    pub data: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+impl CompressedBlock {
+    /// Creates a new CompressedBlock
+    pub fn new(number_of_rows: usize, data: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            number_of_rows,
+            data,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// An uncompressed Avro block.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Block {
+    /// The number of rows
+    pub number_of_rows: usize,
+    /// The uncompressed data
+    pub data: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+impl Block {
+    /// Creates a new Block
+    pub fn new(number_of_rows: usize, data: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            number_of_rows,
+            data,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Writes a [`CompressedBlock`] to `writer`
+pub fn write_block<W: Write>(writer: &mut W, compressed_block: &CompressedBlock) -> Result<()> {
+    // write size and rows
+    zigzag_encode(compressed_block.number_of_rows as i64, writer)?;
+    zigzag_encode(compressed_block.data.len() as i64, writer)?;
+
+    writer.write_all(&compressed_block.data)?;
+
+    writer.write_all(&SYNC_NUMBER)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Compresses an [`Block`] to a [`CompressedBlock`].
+pub fn compress(
+    block: &Block,
+    compressed_block: &mut CompressedBlock,
+    compression: Compression,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    compressed_block.number_of_rows = block.number_of_rows;
+    match compression {
+        Compression::Deflate => todo!(),
+        Compression::Snappy => todo!(),
+    }
+}

src/io/avro/write/header.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use avro_schema::Schema;
+use serde_json;
+
+use crate::error::{ArrowError, Result};
+
+use super::Compression;
+
+/// Serializes an [`Schema`] and optional [`Compression`] into an avro header.
+pub(crate) fn serialize_header(
+    schema: &Schema,
+    compression: Option<Compression>,
+) -> Result<HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>> {
+    let schema =
+        serde_json::to_string(schema).map_err(|e| ArrowError::ExternalFormat(e.to_string()))?;
+
+    let mut header = HashMap::<String, Vec<u8>>::default();
+
+    header.insert("avro.schema".to_string(), schema.into_bytes());
+    if let Some(compression) = compression {
+        let value = match compression {
+            Compression::Snappy => b"snappy".to_vec(),
+            Compression::Deflate => b"deflate".to_vec(),
+        };
+        header.insert("avro.codec".to_string(), value);
+    };
+
+    Ok(header)
+}

src/io/avro/write/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+//! APIs to write to Avro format.
+use std::io::Write;
+
+use avro_schema::{Field as AvroField, Record, Schema as AvroSchema};
+
+use crate::error::Result;
+
+pub use super::Compression;
+
+mod header;
+use header::serialize_header;
+mod schema;
+pub use schema::to_avro_schema;
+mod serialize;
+pub use serialize::{can_serialize, new_serializer, BoxSerializer};
+mod block;
+pub use block::*;
+mod util;
+
+const SYNC_NUMBER: [u8; 16] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4];
+
+/// Writes Avro's metadata to `writer`.
+pub fn write_metadata<W: std::io::Write>(
+    writer: &mut W,
+    fields: Vec<AvroField>,
+    compression: Option<Compression>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    // * Four bytes, ASCII 'O', 'b', 'j', followed by 1.
+    let avro_magic = [b'O', b'b', b'j', 1u8];
+    writer.write_all(&avro_magic)?;
+
+    // * file metadata, including the schema.
+    let schema = AvroSchema::Record(Record::new("", fields));
+    let header = serialize_header(&schema, compression)?;
+
+    util::zigzag_encode(header.len() as i64, writer)?;
+    for (name, item) in header {
+        util::write_binary(name.as_bytes(), writer)?;
+        util::write_binary(&item, writer)?;
+    }
+    writer.write_all(&[0])?;
+
+    // The 16-byte, randomly-generated sync marker for this file.
+    writer.write_all(&SYNC_NUMBER)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// consumes a set of [`BoxSerializer`] into an [`Block`].
+/// # Panics
+/// Panics iff the number of items in any of the serializers is not equal to the number of rows
+/// declared in the `block`.
+pub fn serialize<'a>(serializers: &mut [BoxSerializer<'a>], block: &mut Block) -> Result<()> {
+    let Block {
+        data,
+        number_of_rows,
+    } = block;
+
+    data.clear(); // restart it
+
+    // _the_ transpose (columns -> rows)
+    for _ in 0..*number_of_rows {
+        for serializer in &mut *serializers {
+            let item_data = serializer.next().unwrap();
+            data.write_all(item_data)?;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}