ParquetMetadata (Apache Parquet Hadoop 1.12.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.ParquetMetadata

```
public class ParquetMetadata
extends Object
```
Meta Data block stored in the footer of the file contains file level (Codec, Schema, ...) and block level (location, columns, record count, ...) meta data

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ParquetMetadata(FileMetaData fileMetaData, List<BlockMetaData> blocks)

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static ParquetMetadata`	`fromJSON(String json)`
`List<BlockMetaData>`	`getBlocks()`
`FileMetaData`	`getFileMetaData()`
`static String`	`toJSON(ParquetMetadata parquetMetaData)`
`static String`	`toPrettyJSON(ParquetMetadata parquetMetaData)`
`String`	`toString()`

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

- Constructor Detail
  - ParquetMetadata
```
public ParquetMetadata(FileMetaData fileMetaData,
                       List<BlockMetaData> blocks)
```
    Parameters:
    
    fileMetaData - file level metadata
    
    blocks - block level metadata
- Method Detail
  - toJSON
```
public static String toJSON(ParquetMetadata parquetMetaData)
```
    Parameters:
    
    parquetMetaData - an instance of parquet metadata to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    the json representation
  - toPrettyJSON
```
public static String toPrettyJSON(ParquetMetadata parquetMetaData)
```
    Parameters:
    
    parquetMetaData - an instance of parquet metadata to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    the pretty printed json representation
  - fromJSON
```
public static ParquetMetadata fromJSON(String json)
```
    Parameters:
    
    json - the json representation
    
    Returns:
    
    the parsed object
  - getBlocks
```
public List<BlockMetaData> getBlocks()
```
    Returns:
    
    block level metadata
  - getFileMetaData
```
public FileMetaData getFileMetaData()
```
    Returns:
    
    file level meta data
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object