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InternalParquetRecordWriter flushRowGroupToStore not actually writing to file

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
data

Research direction

Start by reading InternalParquetRecordWriter, especially flushRowGroupToStore and close, then trace how parquetFileWriter.end writes buffered data. Confirm the expected flush boundary and add or update coverage for file contents after flushRowGroupToStore; done means the file contains the flushed row group before close is invoked.

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Description

Type: bug
Describe the bug, including details regarding any error messages, version, and platform.

Description:
The flushRowGroupToStore method in InternalParquetRecordWriter purports to "Flush mem columnStore to file," but no data is actually written to the file system until the close method is invoked. This behavior is unexpected, as one would anticipate data being flushed.

Expected Result:
Data should be written to the file when flushRowGroupToStore is invoked, effectively flushing the in-memory column store contents to the file.

Actual Result:
File contents remain empty until the close method is called, where parquetFileWriter.end is invoked to write the data.

Version : parquet-hadoop 1.13.1

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