lance-file 10.0.0

Utilities for the Lance file format
Documentation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878
879
880
881
882
883
884
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907
908
909
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934
935
936
937
938
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948
949
950
951
952
953
954
955
956
957
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The Lance Authors

use core::panic;
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::sync::Arc;

use arrow_array::{ArrayRef, RecordBatch};

use arrow_data::ArrayData;
use bytes::{Buf, BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut};
use futures::StreamExt;
use futures::stream::FuturesOrdered;
use lance_core::datatypes::{Field, Schema as LanceSchema};
use lance_core::utils::bit::pad_bytes;
use lance_core::{Error, Result};
use lance_encoding::decoder::PageEncoding;
use lance_encoding::encoder::{
    ArrayFieldEncodingStrategy, BatchEncoder, EncodeTask, EncodedBatch, EncodedPage,
    EncodingOptions, FieldEncoder, FieldEncodingStrategy, OutOfLineBuffers,
};
use lance_encoding::repdef::RepDefBuilder;
use lance_io::object_store::ObjectStore;
use lance_io::traits::Writer as ObjectWriter;
use log::{debug, warn};
use object_store::path::Path;
use prost::Message;
use prost_types::Any;
use tokio::io::AsyncWrite;
use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
use tracing::instrument;

use crate::datatypes::FieldsWithMeta;
use crate::format::MAGIC;
use crate::format::pb;
use crate::format::pbfile;
use crate::format::pbfile::DirectEncoding;
use crate::writer::{
    ENV_LANCE_FILE_WRITER_MAX_PAGE_BYTES, FileWriteSummary, FileWriterOptions,
    PAGE_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT,
};

const PAD_BUFFER: [u8; PAGE_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT] = [72; PAGE_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT];
// In 2.1+, we split large pages on read instead of write to avoid empty pages
// and small pages issues. However, we keep the write-time limit at 32MB to avoid
// potential regressions in 2.0 format readers.
//
// This limit is not applied in the 2.1 writer
const MAX_PAGE_BYTES: usize = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
// Total in-memory budget for buffering serialized page metadata before flushing
// to the spill file. Divided evenly across columns (with a floor of 64 bytes).
const DEFAULT_SPILL_BUFFER_LIMIT: usize = 256 * 1024;

/// Spills serialized page metadata to a temporary file to bound memory usage.
///
/// The spill file is an unstructured sequence of "chunks". Each chunk is a
/// contiguous run of length-delimited protobuf `Page` messages belonging to a
/// single column. Chunks from different columns are interleaved in the order
/// they are flushed (i.e. whenever a column's in-memory buffer exceeds
/// `per_column_limit`). The `column_chunks` index records the (offset, length)
/// of every chunk so each column's pages can be read back and reassembled in
/// order.
struct PageMetadataSpill {
    writer: Box<dyn ObjectWriter>,
    object_store: Arc<ObjectStore>,
    path: Path,
    /// Current write position in the spill file.
    position: u64,
    /// Per-column buffer of serialized (length-delimited protobuf) page metadata
    /// that has not yet been flushed to the spill file.
    column_buffers: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
    /// Per-column list of chunks that have been flushed to the spill file.
    /// Each entry is (offset, length) pointing into the spill file.
    column_chunks: Vec<Vec<(u64, u32)>>,
    /// Maximum bytes to buffer per column before flushing to the spill file.
    per_column_limit: usize,
}

impl PageMetadataSpill {
    async fn new(object_store: Arc<ObjectStore>, path: Path, num_columns: usize) -> Result<Self> {
        let writer = object_store.create(&path).await?;
        let per_column_limit = (DEFAULT_SPILL_BUFFER_LIMIT / num_columns.max(1)).max(64);
        Ok(Self {
            writer,
            object_store,
            path,
            position: 0,
            column_buffers: vec![Vec::new(); num_columns],
            column_chunks: vec![Vec::new(); num_columns],
            per_column_limit,
        })
    }

    async fn append_page(
        &mut self,
        column_idx: usize,
        page: &pbfile::column_metadata::Page,
    ) -> Result<()> {
        page.encode_length_delimited(&mut self.column_buffers[column_idx])
            .map_err(|e| {
                Error::io_source(Box::new(std::io::Error::new(
                    std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
                    e,
                )))
            })?;
        if self.column_buffers[column_idx].len() >= self.per_column_limit {
            self.flush_column(column_idx).await?;
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    async fn flush_column(&mut self, column_idx: usize) -> Result<()> {
        let buf = &self.column_buffers[column_idx];
        if buf.is_empty() {
            return Ok(());
        }
        let len = buf.len();
        self.writer.write_all(buf).await?;
        self.column_chunks[column_idx].push((self.position, len as u32));
        self.position += len as u64;
        self.column_buffers[column_idx].clear();
        Ok(())
    }

    async fn shutdown_writer(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
        for col_idx in 0..self.column_buffers.len() {
            self.flush_column(col_idx).await?;
        }
        ObjectWriter::shutdown(self.writer.as_mut()).await?;
        Ok(())
    }
}

fn decode_spilled_chunk(data: &Bytes) -> Result<Vec<pbfile::column_metadata::Page>> {
    let mut pages = Vec::new();
    let mut cursor = data.clone();
    while cursor.has_remaining() {
        let page =
            pbfile::column_metadata::Page::decode_length_delimited(&mut cursor).map_err(|e| {
                Error::io_source(Box::new(std::io::Error::new(
                    std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
                    e,
                )))
            })?;
        pages.push(page);
    }
    Ok(pages)
}

enum PageSpillState {
    Pending(Arc<ObjectStore>, Path),
    Active(PageMetadataSpill),
}

/// A writer for the Lance v2.0 file grammar.
pub struct Writer {
    writer: Box<dyn ObjectWriter>,
    schema: Option<LanceSchema>,
    column_writers: Vec<Box<dyn FieldEncoder>>,
    column_metadata: Vec<pbfile::ColumnMetadata>,
    field_id_to_column_indices: Vec<(u32, u32)>,
    num_columns: u32,
    rows_written: u64,
    // The number of rows written for each top-level field (i.e. each entry in
    // `column_writers`). With `write_batch` every field advances together and
    // these are all equal, but `write_column` advances one field at a time, so
    // a single file may end up with columns of differing item counts.
    field_rows_written: Vec<u64>,
    global_buffers: Vec<(u64, u64)>,
    schema_metadata: HashMap<String, String>,
    encoding_strategy: Box<dyn FieldEncodingStrategy>,
    options: FileWriterOptions,
    page_spill: Option<PageSpillState>,
}

fn initial_column_metadata() -> pbfile::ColumnMetadata {
    pbfile::ColumnMetadata {
        pages: Vec::new(),
        buffer_offsets: Vec::new(),
        buffer_sizes: Vec::new(),
        encoding: None,
    }
}

impl Writer {
    /// Create a new v2.0 writer with a desired output schema.
    pub fn try_new(
        object_writer: Box<dyn ObjectWriter>,
        schema: LanceSchema,
        options: FileWriterOptions,
    ) -> Result<Self> {
        let mut writer = Self::new_lazy(object_writer, options);
        writer.initialize(schema)?;
        Ok(writer)
    }

    /// Create a new v2.0 writer without a desired output schema.
    ///
    /// The output schema will be set based on the first batch of data to arrive.
    /// If no data arrives and the writer is finished then the write will fail.
    pub fn new_lazy(object_writer: Box<dyn ObjectWriter>, options: FileWriterOptions) -> Self {
        Self {
            writer: object_writer,
            schema: None,
            column_writers: Vec::new(),
            column_metadata: Vec::new(),
            num_columns: 0,
            rows_written: 0,
            field_rows_written: Vec::new(),
            field_id_to_column_indices: Vec::new(),
            global_buffers: Vec::new(),
            schema_metadata: HashMap::new(),
            page_spill: None,
            encoding_strategy: Box::new(ArrayFieldEncodingStrategy::new()),
            options,
        }
    }

    /// Spill page metadata to a sidecar file instead of accumulating in memory.
    ///
    /// This can dramatically reduce memory usage when many writers are open
    /// concurrently (e.g. IVF shuffle with thousands of partition writers).
    /// The sidecar file is created lazily on the first page write. The caller
    /// is responsible for cleaning up `path` (e.g. by placing it in a temp
    /// directory that is removed via RAII).
    pub fn with_page_metadata_spill(mut self, object_store: Arc<ObjectStore>, path: Path) -> Self {
        self.page_spill = Some(PageSpillState::Pending(object_store, path));
        self
    }

    async fn do_write_buffer(writer: &mut (impl AsyncWrite + Unpin), buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
        writer.write_all(buf).await?;
        let pad_bytes = pad_bytes::<PAGE_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT>(buf.len());
        writer.write_all(&PAD_BUFFER[..pad_bytes]).await?;
        Ok(())
    }

    async fn write_page(&mut self, encoded_page: EncodedPage) -> Result<()> {
        let buffers = encoded_page.data;
        let mut buffer_offsets = Vec::with_capacity(buffers.len());
        let mut buffer_sizes = Vec::with_capacity(buffers.len());
        for buffer in buffers {
            buffer_offsets.push(self.writer.tell().await? as u64);
            buffer_sizes.push(buffer.len() as u64);
            Self::do_write_buffer(&mut self.writer, &buffer).await?;
        }
        let encoded_encoding = match encoded_page.description {
            PageEncoding::Legacy(array_encoding) => Any::from_msg(&array_encoding)?.encode_to_vec(),
            PageEncoding::Structural(page_layout) => Any::from_msg(&page_layout)?.encode_to_vec(),
        };
        let page = pbfile::column_metadata::Page {
            buffer_offsets,
            buffer_sizes,
            encoding: Some(pbfile::Encoding {
                location: Some(pbfile::encoding::Location::Direct(DirectEncoding {
                    encoding: encoded_encoding,
                })),
            }),
            length: encoded_page.num_rows,
            priority: encoded_page.row_number,
        };
        let col_idx = encoded_page.column_idx as usize;
        if matches!(&self.page_spill, Some(PageSpillState::Pending(..))) {
            let Some(PageSpillState::Pending(store, path)) = self.page_spill.take() else {
                unreachable!()
            };
            self.page_spill = Some(PageSpillState::Active(
                PageMetadataSpill::new(store, path, self.num_columns as usize).await?,
            ));
        }
        match &mut self.page_spill {
            Some(PageSpillState::Active(spill)) => spill.append_page(col_idx, &page).await?,
            None => self.column_metadata[col_idx].pages.push(page),
            Some(PageSpillState::Pending(..)) => unreachable!(),
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    #[instrument(skip_all, level = "debug")]
    async fn write_pages(&mut self, mut encoding_tasks: FuturesOrdered<EncodeTask>) -> Result<()> {
        // As soon as an encoding task is done we write it.  There is no parallelism
        // needed here because "writing" is really just submitting the buffer to the
        // underlying write scheduler (either the OS or object_store's scheduler for
        // cloud writes).  The only time we might truly await on write_page is if the
        // scheduler's write queue is full.
        //
        // Also, there is no point in trying to make write_page parallel anyways
        // because we wouldn't want buffers getting mixed up across pages.
        while let Some(encoding_task) = encoding_tasks.next().await {
            let encoded_page = encoding_task?;
            self.write_page(encoded_page).await?;
        }
        // It's important to flush here, we don't know when the next batch will arrive
        // and the underlying cloud store could have writes in progress that won't advance
        // until we interact with the writer again.  These in-progress writes will time out
        // if we don't flush.
        self.writer.flush().await?;
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Schedule batches of data to be written to the file
    pub async fn write_batches(
        &mut self,
        batches: impl Iterator<Item = &RecordBatch>,
    ) -> Result<()> {
        for batch in batches {
            self.write_batch(batch).await?;
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    fn verify_field_nullability(arr: &ArrayData, field: &Field) -> Result<()> {
        if !field.nullable && arr.null_count() > 0 {
            return Err(Error::invalid_input(format!(
                "The field `{}` contained null values even though the field is marked non-null in the schema",
                field.name
            )));
        }

        for (child_field, child_arr) in field.children.iter().zip(arr.child_data()) {
            Self::verify_field_nullability(child_arr, child_field)?;
        }

        Ok(())
    }

    fn verify_nullability_constraints(&self, batch: &RecordBatch) -> Result<()> {
        for (col, field) in batch
            .columns()
            .iter()
            .zip(self.schema.as_ref().unwrap().fields.iter())
        {
            Self::verify_field_nullability(&col.to_data(), field)?;
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    fn initialize(&mut self, mut schema: LanceSchema) -> Result<()> {
        let cache_bytes_per_column = if let Some(data_cache_bytes) = self.options.data_cache_bytes {
            data_cache_bytes / schema.fields.len() as u64
        } else {
            8 * 1024 * 1024
        };

        let max_page_bytes = self.options.max_page_bytes.unwrap_or_else(|| {
            std::env::var(ENV_LANCE_FILE_WRITER_MAX_PAGE_BYTES)
                .map(|s| {
                    s.parse::<u64>().unwrap_or_else(|e| {
                        warn!(
                            "Failed to parse {}: {}, using default",
                            ENV_LANCE_FILE_WRITER_MAX_PAGE_BYTES, e
                        );
                        MAX_PAGE_BYTES as u64
                    })
                })
                .unwrap_or(MAX_PAGE_BYTES as u64)
        });

        schema.validate()?;

        let keep_original_array = self.options.keep_original_array.unwrap_or(false);
        let encoding_options = EncodingOptions {
            cache_bytes_per_column,
            max_page_bytes,
            keep_original_array,
            buffer_alignment: PAGE_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT as u64,
        };
        let encoder =
            BatchEncoder::try_new(&schema, self.encoding_strategy.as_ref(), &encoding_options)?;
        self.num_columns = encoder.num_columns();

        self.field_rows_written = vec![0; encoder.field_encoders.len()];
        self.column_writers = encoder.field_encoders;
        self.column_metadata = vec![initial_column_metadata(); self.num_columns as usize];
        self.field_id_to_column_indices = encoder.field_id_to_column_index;
        self.schema_metadata
            .extend(std::mem::take(&mut schema.metadata));
        self.schema = Some(schema);
        Ok(())
    }

    fn ensure_initialized(&mut self, batch: &RecordBatch) -> Result<&LanceSchema> {
        if self.schema.is_none() {
            let schema = LanceSchema::try_from(batch.schema().as_ref())?;
            self.initialize(schema)?;
        }
        Ok(self.schema.as_ref().unwrap())
    }

    #[instrument(skip_all, level = "debug")]
    fn encode_batch(
        &mut self,
        batch: &RecordBatch,
        external_buffers: &mut OutOfLineBuffers,
    ) -> Result<Vec<Vec<EncodeTask>>> {
        let field_arrays = self
            .schema
            .as_ref()
            .unwrap()
            .fields
            .iter()
            .enumerate()
            .map(|(field_idx, field)| {
                let array =
                    batch
                        .column_by_name(&field.name)
                        .ok_or(Error::invalid_input_source(
                            format!(
                                "Cannot write batch.  The batch was missing the column `{}`",
                                field.name
                            )
                            .into(),
                        ))?;
                Ok((field_idx, array.clone()))
            })
            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
        self.encode_columns(&field_arrays, external_buffers)
    }

    // Encode a set of `(field index, array)` pairs, each advancing only its own
    // column. Each task captures its field's current row offset at encode time,
    // so `advance_columns` must run after this call (never before); the order of
    // the returned tasks relative to `write_pages` does not matter.
    fn encode_columns(
        &mut self,
        field_arrays: &[(usize, ArrayRef)],
        external_buffers: &mut OutOfLineBuffers,
    ) -> Result<Vec<Vec<EncodeTask>>> {
        // Snapshot the starting row number of each field before borrowing the
        // column writers mutably below.
        let row_numbers = field_arrays
            .iter()
            .map(|(field_idx, _)| self.field_rows_written[*field_idx])
            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
        field_arrays
            .iter()
            .zip(row_numbers)
            .map(|((field_idx, array), row_number)| {
                let repdef = RepDefBuilder::default();
                let num_rows = array.len() as u64;
                self.column_writers[*field_idx].maybe_encode(
                    array.clone(),
                    external_buffers,
                    repdef,
                    row_number,
                    num_rows,
                )
            })
            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()
    }

    // Advance the per-field row counters after a set of columns has been
    // written, keeping `rows_written` (the file's logical length) in sync as the
    // longest column. Only the written fields move, so their new totals fold into
    // `rows_written` directly without rescanning every field. (`write_batch`
    // advances every field uniformly and tracks this inline instead.)
    fn advance_columns(&mut self, field_arrays: &[(usize, ArrayRef)]) {
        for (field_idx, array) in field_arrays {
            let new_total = self.field_rows_written[*field_idx] + array.len() as u64;
            self.field_rows_written[*field_idx] = new_total;
            self.rows_written = self.rows_written.max(new_total);
        }
    }

    /// Schedule a batch of data to be written to the file
    ///
    /// Note: the future returned by this method may complete before the data has been fully
    /// flushed to the file (some data may be in the data cache or the I/O cache)
    pub async fn write_batch(&mut self, batch: &RecordBatch) -> Result<()> {
        debug!(
            "write_batch called with {} rows, {} columns, and {} bytes of data",
            batch.num_rows(),
            batch.num_columns(),
            batch.get_array_memory_size()
        );
        self.ensure_initialized(batch)?;
        self.verify_nullability_constraints(batch)?;
        let num_rows = batch.num_rows() as u64;
        if num_rows == 0 {
            return Ok(());
        }
        if num_rows > u32::MAX as u64 {
            return Err(Error::invalid_input_source(
                "cannot write Lance files with more than 2^32 rows".into(),
            ));
        }
        // First we push each array into its column writer.  This may or may not generate enough
        // data to trigger an encoding task.  We collect any encoding tasks into a queue.
        let mut external_buffers =
            OutOfLineBuffers::new(self.tell().await?, PAGE_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT as u64);
        let encoding_tasks = self.encode_batch(batch, &mut external_buffers)?;
        // Next, write external buffers
        for external_buffer in external_buffers.take_buffers() {
            Self::do_write_buffer(&mut self.writer, &external_buffer).await?;
        }

        let encoding_tasks = encoding_tasks
            .into_iter()
            .flatten()
            .collect::<FuturesOrdered<_>>();

        // `write_batch` advances every field by the same amount, so the longest
        // column simply grows by `num_rows`. Guard against overflowing the row
        // counter.
        if self.rows_written.checked_add(num_rows).is_none() {
            return Err(Error::invalid_input_source(format!("cannot write batch with {} rows because {} rows have already been written and Lance files cannot contain more than 2^64 rows", num_rows, self.rows_written).into()));
        }
        for field_rows in self.field_rows_written.iter_mut() {
            *field_rows += num_rows;
        }
        self.rows_written += num_rows;

        self.write_pages(encoding_tasks).await?;

        Ok(())
    }

    /// Write a single column, advancing only that column's row counter.
    ///
    /// Unlike [`write_batch`](Self::write_batch), which advances every column
    /// from a single shared row counter, this method advances one column
    /// independently. Used across calls it produces a single file whose columns
    /// may have different item counts.
    ///
    /// `column_index` refers to a top-level field in the writer's schema (the
    /// same order as the schema's fields); a nested child cannot be targeted on
    /// its own. Because each call writes the whole field from a single array, the
    /// children of a struct field always advance together and stay equal-length;
    /// only different top-level fields can diverge in length. A column may be
    /// written across multiple calls; its values are appended. A field that is
    /// never written ends up as a zero-length column. The writer must have been
    /// created with an explicit schema (via [`try_new`](Self::try_new)); a lazy
    /// schema cannot be inferred here because individual calls need not cover
    /// every field.
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use arrow_array::{ArrayRef, Int32Array};
    /// # use std::sync::Arc;
    /// # use lance_file::writer::FileWriter;
    /// # async fn example(writer: &mut FileWriter) -> lance_core::Result<()> {
    /// // Field 0 gets three values, field 1 gets one — a non-rectangular file.
    /// writer.write_column(0, Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3]))).await?;
    /// writer.write_column(1, Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![10]))).await?;
    /// # Ok(())
    /// # }
    /// ```
    pub async fn write_column(&mut self, column_index: usize, array: ArrayRef) -> Result<()> {
        let schema = self.schema.as_ref().ok_or_else(|| {
            Error::invalid_input_source(
                "write_column requires the writer to be created with an explicit schema".into(),
            )
        })?;
        let field = schema.fields.get(column_index).ok_or_else(|| {
            Error::invalid_input_source(
                format!(
                    "write_column: field index {} is out of bounds (schema has {} fields)",
                    column_index,
                    schema.fields.len()
                )
                .into(),
            )
        })?;
        if array.len() as u64 > u32::MAX as u64 {
            return Err(Error::invalid_input_source(
                "cannot write Lance files with more than 2^32 rows".into(),
            ));
        }
        Self::verify_field_nullability(&array.to_data(), field)?;

        // A never-advanced field simply remains a zero-length column, which the
        // encoders handle at `finish` time.
        if array.is_empty() {
            return Ok(());
        }

        let columns = [(column_index, array)];
        let mut external_buffers =
            OutOfLineBuffers::new(self.tell().await?, PAGE_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT as u64);
        let encoding_tasks = self.encode_columns(&columns, &mut external_buffers)?;
        for external_buffer in external_buffers.take_buffers() {
            Self::do_write_buffer(&mut self.writer, &external_buffer).await?;
        }
        let encoding_tasks = encoding_tasks
            .into_iter()
            .flatten()
            .collect::<FuturesOrdered<_>>();

        self.advance_columns(&columns);
        self.write_pages(encoding_tasks).await?;
        Ok(())
    }

    async fn write_column_metadata(
        &mut self,
        metadata: pbfile::ColumnMetadata,
    ) -> Result<(u64, u64)> {
        let metadata_bytes = metadata.encode_to_vec();
        let position = self.writer.tell().await? as u64;
        let len = metadata_bytes.len() as u64;
        self.writer.write_all(&metadata_bytes).await?;
        Ok((position, len))
    }

    async fn write_column_metadatas(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<(u64, u64)>> {
        let metadatas = std::mem::take(&mut self.column_metadata);

        // If spilling, finalize the spill writer and reopen for reading.
        // The spill file itself is cleaned up by the caller (it lives in a
        // temp directory managed by the caller's RAII guard).
        let spill_state = self.page_spill.take();
        let (spill_chunks, spill_reader) =
            if let Some(PageSpillState::Active(mut spill)) = spill_state {
                spill.shutdown_writer().await?;
                let reader = spill.object_store.open(&spill.path).await?;
                let chunks = std::mem::take(&mut spill.column_chunks);
                (chunks, Some(reader))
            } else {
                (Vec::new(), None)
            };

        let mut metadata_positions = Vec::with_capacity(metadatas.len());
        for (col_idx, mut metadata) in metadatas.into_iter().enumerate() {
            if let Some(reader) = &spill_reader {
                let mut pages = Vec::new();
                for &(offset, len) in &spill_chunks[col_idx] {
                    let data = reader
                        .get_range(offset as usize..(offset as usize + len as usize))
                        .await
                        .map_err(|e| Error::io_source(Box::new(e)))?;
                    pages.extend(decode_spilled_chunk(&data)?);
                }
                metadata.pages = pages;
            }
            metadata_positions.push(self.write_column_metadata(metadata).await?);
        }

        Ok(metadata_positions)
    }

    fn make_file_descriptor(
        schema: &lance_core::datatypes::Schema,
        num_rows: u64,
    ) -> Result<pb::FileDescriptor> {
        let fields_with_meta = FieldsWithMeta::from(schema);
        Ok(pb::FileDescriptor {
            schema: Some(pb::Schema {
                fields: fields_with_meta.fields.0,
                metadata: fields_with_meta.metadata,
            }),
            length: num_rows,
        })
    }

    async fn write_global_buffers(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<(u64, u64)>> {
        let schema = self.schema.as_mut().ok_or(Error::invalid_input("No schema provided on writer open and no data provided.  Schema is unknown and file cannot be created"))?;
        schema.metadata = std::mem::take(&mut self.schema_metadata);
        // Use descriptor layout for blob v2 fields in the footer to avoid exposing logical child fields.
        schema
            .fields
            .iter_mut()
            .for_each(|f| f.unload_blobs_recursive());

        let file_descriptor = Self::make_file_descriptor(schema, self.rows_written)?;
        let file_descriptor_bytes = file_descriptor.encode_to_vec();
        let file_descriptor_len = file_descriptor_bytes.len() as u64;
        let file_descriptor_position = self.writer.tell().await? as u64;
        self.writer.write_all(&file_descriptor_bytes).await?;
        let mut gbo_table = Vec::with_capacity(1 + self.global_buffers.len());
        gbo_table.push((file_descriptor_position, file_descriptor_len));
        gbo_table.append(&mut self.global_buffers);
        Ok(gbo_table)
    }

    /// Add a metadata entry to the schema
    ///
    /// This method is useful because sometimes the metadata is not known until after the
    /// data has been written.  This method allows you to alter the schema metadata.  It
    /// must be called before `finish` is called.
    pub fn add_schema_metadata(&mut self, key: impl Into<String>, value: impl Into<String>) {
        self.schema_metadata.insert(key.into(), value.into());
    }

    /// Prepare the writer when column data and metadata were produced externally.
    ///
    /// This is useful for flows that copy already-encoded pages (e.g., binary copy
    /// during compaction) where the column buffers have been written directly and we
    /// only need to write the footer and schema metadata. The provided
    /// `column_metadata` must describe the buffers already persisted by the
    /// underlying `ObjectWriter`, and `rows_written` should reflect the total number
    /// of rows in those buffers.
    pub fn initialize_with_external_metadata(
        &mut self,
        schema: lance_core::datatypes::Schema,
        column_metadata: Vec<pbfile::ColumnMetadata>,
        rows_written: u64,
    ) {
        self.schema = Some(schema);
        self.num_columns = column_metadata.len() as u32;
        self.column_metadata = column_metadata;
        self.rows_written = rows_written;
    }

    /// Adds a global buffer to the file
    ///
    /// The global buffer can contain any arbitrary bytes.  It will be written to the disk
    /// immediately.  This method returns the index of the global buffer (this will always
    /// start at 1 and increment by 1 each time this method is called)
    pub async fn add_global_buffer(&mut self, buffer: Bytes) -> Result<u32> {
        let position = self.writer.tell().await? as u64;
        let len = buffer.len() as u64;
        Self::do_write_buffer(&mut self.writer, &buffer).await?;
        self.global_buffers.push((position, len));
        Ok(self.global_buffers.len() as u32)
    }

    async fn finish_writers(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
        let mut col_idx = 0;
        for mut writer in std::mem::take(&mut self.column_writers) {
            let mut external_buffers =
                OutOfLineBuffers::new(self.tell().await?, PAGE_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT as u64);
            let columns = writer.finish(&mut external_buffers).await?;
            for buffer in external_buffers.take_buffers() {
                self.writer.write_all(&buffer).await?;
            }
            debug_assert_eq!(
                columns.len(),
                writer.num_columns() as usize,
                "Expected {} columns from column at index {} and got {}",
                writer.num_columns(),
                col_idx,
                columns.len()
            );
            for column in columns {
                for page in column.final_pages {
                    self.write_page(page).await?;
                }
                let column_metadata = &mut self.column_metadata[col_idx];
                let mut buffer_pos = self.writer.tell().await? as u64;
                for buffer in column.column_buffers {
                    column_metadata.buffer_offsets.push(buffer_pos);
                    let mut size = 0;
                    Self::do_write_buffer(&mut self.writer, &buffer).await?;
                    size += buffer.len() as u64;
                    buffer_pos += size;
                    column_metadata.buffer_sizes.push(size);
                }
                let encoded_encoding = Any::from_msg(&column.encoding)?.encode_to_vec();
                column_metadata.encoding = Some(pbfile::Encoding {
                    location: Some(pbfile::encoding::Location::Direct(pbfile::DirectEncoding {
                        encoding: encoded_encoding,
                    })),
                });
                col_idx += 1;
            }
        }
        if col_idx != self.column_metadata.len() {
            panic!(
                "Column writers finished with {} columns but we expected {}",
                col_idx,
                self.column_metadata.len()
            );
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Finishes writing the file
    ///
    /// This method will wait until all data has been flushed to the file.  Then it
    /// will write the file metadata and the footer.  It will not return until all
    /// data has been flushed and the file has been closed.
    ///
    /// Returns a summary of the completed file write.
    pub async fn finish(&mut self) -> Result<FileWriteSummary> {
        // 1. flush any remaining data and write out those pages
        let mut external_buffers =
            OutOfLineBuffers::new(self.tell().await?, PAGE_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT as u64);
        let encoding_tasks = self
            .column_writers
            .iter_mut()
            .map(|writer| writer.flush(&mut external_buffers))
            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
        for external_buffer in external_buffers.take_buffers() {
            Self::do_write_buffer(&mut self.writer, &external_buffer).await?;
        }
        let encoding_tasks = encoding_tasks
            .into_iter()
            .flatten()
            .collect::<FuturesOrdered<_>>();
        self.write_pages(encoding_tasks).await?;

        if !self.column_writers.is_empty() {
            self.finish_writers().await?;
        }

        // 3. write global buffers (we write the schema here)
        let global_buffer_offsets = self.write_global_buffers().await?;
        let num_global_buffers = global_buffer_offsets.len() as u32;

        // 4. write the column metadatas
        let column_metadata_start = self.writer.tell().await? as u64;
        let metadata_positions = self.write_column_metadatas().await?;

        // 5. write the column metadata offset table
        let cmo_table_start = self.writer.tell().await? as u64;
        for (meta_pos, meta_len) in metadata_positions {
            self.writer.write_u64_le(meta_pos).await?;
            self.writer.write_u64_le(meta_len).await?;
        }

        // 6. write global buffers offset table
        let gbo_table_start = self.writer.tell().await? as u64;
        for (gbo_pos, gbo_len) in global_buffer_offsets {
            self.writer.write_u64_le(gbo_pos).await?;
            self.writer.write_u64_le(gbo_len).await?;
        }

        // 7. write the footer
        self.writer.write_u64_le(column_metadata_start).await?;
        self.writer.write_u64_le(cmo_table_start).await?;
        self.writer.write_u64_le(gbo_table_start).await?;
        self.writer.write_u32_le(num_global_buffers).await?;
        self.writer.write_u32_le(self.num_columns).await?;
        self.writer.write_u16_le(0).await?;
        self.writer.write_u16_le(3).await?;
        self.writer.write_all(MAGIC).await?;

        // 7. close the writer
        let write_result = ObjectWriter::shutdown(self.writer.as_mut()).await?;

        Ok(FileWriteSummary {
            num_rows: self.rows_written,
            size_bytes: write_result.size as u64,
        })
    }

    pub async fn abort(&mut self) {
        // For multipart uploads, ObjectWriter's Drop impl will abort
        // the upload when the writer is dropped.
    }

    pub async fn tell(&mut self) -> Result<u64> {
        Ok(self.writer.tell().await? as u64)
    }

    /// Append a buffer whose metadata is supplied by the caller.
    pub async fn write_external_buffer(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(u64, u64)> {
        let start = self.tell().await?;
        self.writer.write_all(bytes).await?;
        Ok((start, bytes.len() as u64))
    }

    pub fn field_id_to_column_indices(&self) -> &[(u32, u32)] {
        &self.field_id_to_column_indices
    }
}

// Creates a lance footer and appends it to the encoded data
//
// The logic here is very similar to logic in the FileWriter except we
// are using BufMut (put_xyz) instead of AsyncWrite (write_xyz).
pub fn concat_lance_footer(batch: &EncodedBatch, write_schema: bool) -> Result<Bytes> {
    // Estimating 1MiB for file footer
    let mut data = BytesMut::with_capacity(batch.data.len() + 1024 * 1024);
    data.put(batch.data.clone());
    // write global buffers (we write the schema here)
    let global_buffers = if write_schema {
        let schema_start = data.len() as u64;
        let lance_schema = lance_core::datatypes::Schema::try_from(batch.schema.as_ref())?;
        let descriptor = Writer::make_file_descriptor(&lance_schema, batch.num_rows)?;
        let descriptor_bytes = descriptor.encode_to_vec();
        let descriptor_len = descriptor_bytes.len() as u64;
        data.put(descriptor_bytes.as_slice());

        vec![(schema_start, descriptor_len)]
    } else {
        vec![]
    };
    let col_metadata_start = data.len() as u64;

    let mut col_metadata_positions = Vec::new();
    // Write column metadata
    for col in &batch.page_table {
        let position = data.len() as u64;
        let pages = col
            .page_infos
            .iter()
            .map(|page_info| {
                let encoded_encoding = match &page_info.encoding {
                    PageEncoding::Legacy(array_encoding) => {
                        Any::from_msg(array_encoding)?.encode_to_vec()
                    }
                    PageEncoding::Structural(page_layout) => {
                        Any::from_msg(page_layout)?.encode_to_vec()
                    }
                };
                let (buffer_offsets, buffer_sizes): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = page_info
                    .buffer_offsets_and_sizes
                    .as_ref()
                    .iter()
                    .cloned()
                    .unzip();
                Ok(pbfile::column_metadata::Page {
                    buffer_offsets,
                    buffer_sizes,
                    encoding: Some(pbfile::Encoding {
                        location: Some(pbfile::encoding::Location::Direct(DirectEncoding {
                            encoding: encoded_encoding,
                        })),
                    }),
                    length: page_info.num_rows,
                    priority: page_info.priority,
                })
            })
            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
        let (buffer_offsets, buffer_sizes): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) =
            col.buffer_offsets_and_sizes.iter().cloned().unzip();
        let encoded_col_encoding = Any::from_msg(&col.encoding)?.encode_to_vec();
        let column = pbfile::ColumnMetadata {
            pages,
            buffer_offsets,
            buffer_sizes,
            encoding: Some(pbfile::Encoding {
                location: Some(pbfile::encoding::Location::Direct(pbfile::DirectEncoding {
                    encoding: encoded_col_encoding,
                })),
            }),
        };
        let column_bytes = column.encode_to_vec();
        col_metadata_positions.push((position, column_bytes.len() as u64));
        data.put(column_bytes.as_slice());
    }
    // Write column metadata offsets table
    let cmo_table_start = data.len() as u64;
    for (meta_pos, meta_len) in col_metadata_positions {
        data.put_u64_le(meta_pos);
        data.put_u64_le(meta_len);
    }
    // Write global buffers offsets table
    let gbo_table_start = data.len() as u64;
    let num_global_buffers = global_buffers.len() as u32;
    for (gbo_pos, gbo_len) in global_buffers {
        data.put_u64_le(gbo_pos);
        data.put_u64_le(gbo_len);
    }

    // write the footer
    data.put_u64_le(col_metadata_start);
    data.put_u64_le(cmo_table_start);
    data.put_u64_le(gbo_table_start);
    data.put_u32_le(num_global_buffers);
    data.put_u32_le(batch.page_table.len() as u32);
    data.put_u16_le(2);
    data.put_u16_le(0);
    data.put(MAGIC.as_slice());

    Ok(data.freeze())
}