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.. currentmodule:: pyarrow
Streams and File Access
=======================
.. _api.io:
Factory Functions
-----------------
These factory functions are the recommended way to create a Arrow stream.
They accept various kinds of sources, such as in-memory buffers or on-disk files.
.. autosummary::
:toctree: ../generated/
input_stream
output_stream
memory_map
create_memory_map
Stream Classes
--------------
.. autosummary::
:toctree: ../generated/
NativeFile
OSFile
PythonFile
BufferReader
BufferOutputStream
FixedSizeBufferWriter
MemoryMappedFile
CompressedInputStream
CompressedOutputStream
File Systems
------------
.. autosummary::
:toctree: ../generated/
hdfs.connect
LocalFileSystem
.. class:: HadoopFileSystem
:noindex: