pub fn serialize_parquet_metadata(pmd: &ParquetMetaData) -> Result<Bytes, Error>Expand description
Serializes Parquet metadata to a byte slice.
This uses ParquetMetaDataWriter to serialize the metadata, then extracts
just the FileMetaData portion that decode_metadata() expects.
ยงBackground
ParquetMetaDataWriter outputs: [Page Indexes][FileMetaData][Length][PAR1]
But decode_metadata() expects just the raw FileMetaData thrift bytes.
We extract the FileMetaData portion using the footer length field.