Method read

python/pyarrow/orc.py:170–187

Read the whole file. Parameters ---------- columns : list If not None, only these columns will be read from the file. A column name may be a prefix of a nested field, e.g. 'a' will select 'a.b', 'a.c', and 'a.d.e'. Output always follows th

(self, columns=None)

        return self.reader.read_stripe(n, columns=columns)

    def read(self, columns=None):
        """Read the whole file.

        Parameters
        ----------
        columns : list
            If not None, only these columns will be read from the file. A
            column name may be a prefix of a nested field, e.g. 'a' will select
            'a.b', 'a.c', and 'a.d.e'. Output always follows the
            ordering of the file and not the `columns` list.

        Returns
        -------
        pyarrow.Table
            Content of the file as a Table.
        """
        columns = self._select_names(columns)
        return self.reader.read(columns=columns)


_orc_writer_args_docs = """file_version : {"0.11", "0.12"}, default "0.12"