parx-rs 0.1.0

Parx format Rust library
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# parx-rs

Rust implementation of the PARX sidecar format.

PARX caches Parquet metadata (footer and optional page indexes) in `.parx` files to reduce object store metadata reads.

## Install

```toml
[dependencies]
parx-rs = "0.1"
```

## What This Crate Provides

- read and validate `.parx` sidecars
- write `.parx` sidecars from Parquet bytes or local files
- expose raw footer bytes and optional page-index bytes for downstream consumers

## Quick Start

```rust
use parx_rs::{ParxReader, ParxWriter};

let mut writer = ParxWriter::from_parquet_file("data.parquet")?;
let parx_bytes = writer.finish();
std::fs::write("data.parquet.parx", parx_bytes)?;

let sidecar = std::fs::read("data.parquet.parx")?;
let reader = ParxReader::open(&sidecar)?;
let footer = reader.footer_bytes();
# let _ = footer;
# Ok::<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>(())
```

## Format Spec

See [`FORMAT_SPEC.md`](./FORMAT_SPEC.md).