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Is it possible to apply specific encodings on specific columns with ParquetWriter?

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Start with the ParquetWriter entry point mentioned in the issue and inspect how column encodings are configured. Compare that with the JSON-based file definition, then establish whether different encodings can be selected per column; done means a clear supported-or-unsupported answer and the relevant limitation or configuration is documented.

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Description

I’m working on a tool that generates Parquet files based on a file definition provided in JSON. I use the parquet-java library for this, and I’m curious if it’s possible to specify a particular type of encoding for specific columns when generating the file.

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