ParquetRowBuffer (Snowflake Ingest SDK 2.0.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- net.snowflake.ingest.streaming.internal.ParquetRowBuffer

```
public class ParquetRowBuffer
extends Object
```
The buffer in the Streaming Ingest channel that holds the un-flushed rows, these rows will be converted to Parquet format for faster processing

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close(String name)`	Close the row buffer and release allocated memory for the channel.
`Flusher<ParquetChunkData>`	`createFlusher()`
`net.snowflake.ingest.streaming.internal.ChannelData<T>`	`flush(String filePath)`	Flush the data in the row buffer by taking the ownership of the old vectors and pass all the required info back to the flush service to build the blob
`float`	`getSize()`	Get the current buffer size
`InsertValidationResponse`	`insertRows(Iterable<Map<String,Object>> rows, String offsetToken)`	Insert a batch of rows into the row buffer
`void`	`setupSchema(List<net.snowflake.ingest.streaming.internal.ColumnMetadata> columns)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - setupSchema
```
public void setupSchema(List<net.snowflake.ingest.streaming.internal.ColumnMetadata> columns)
```
  - createFlusher
```
public Flusher<ParquetChunkData> createFlusher()
```
  - getSize
```
public float getSize()
```
    Get the current buffer size
    
    Returns:
    
    the current buffer size
  - insertRows
```
public InsertValidationResponse insertRows(Iterable<Map<String,Object>> rows,
                                           String offsetToken)
```
    Insert a batch of rows into the row buffer
    
    Parameters:
    
    rows - input row
    
    offsetToken - offset token of the latest row in the batch
    
    Returns:
    
    insert response that possibly contains errors because of insertion failures
  - flush
```
public net.snowflake.ingest.streaming.internal.ChannelData<T> flush(String filePath)
```
    Flush the data in the row buffer by taking the ownership of the old vectors and pass all the required info back to the flush service to build the blob
    
    Parameters:
    
    filePath - the name of the file the data will be written in
    
    Returns:
    
    A ChannelData object that contains the info needed by the flush service to build a blob
  - close
```
public void close(String name)
```
    Close the row buffer and release allocated memory for the channel.