csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Ipc/IpcOptions.cs

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namespace Apache.Arrow.Ipc
{
    public class IpcOptions
    {
        internal static IpcOptions Default { get; } = new IpcOptions();

        /// <summary>
        /// Write the pre-0.15.0 encapsulated IPC message format
        /// consisting of a 4-byte prefix instead of 8 byte.
        /// </summary>
        public bool WriteLegacyIpcFormat { get; set; }

        public IpcOptions()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the number of bytes used in the IPC message prefix.
        /// </summary>
        internal int SizeOfIpcLength => WriteLegacyIpcFormat ? 4 : 8;
    }
}