This class enables you to interact with Feather files. Create
one to connect to a file or other InputStream, and call Read()
on it to
make an arrow::Table
. See its usage in read_feather()
.
The FeatherReader$create()
factory method instantiates the object and
takes the following arguments:
file
an Arrow file connection object inheriting from RandomAccessFile
.
mmap
Logical: whether to memory-map the file (default TRUE
)
...
Additional arguments, currently ignored
$Read(columns)
: Returns a Table
of the selected columns, a vector of
integer indices
$version
: Active binding, returns 1
or 2
, according to the Feather
file version