| Make sure you have checked _all_ steps below. |
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| ### Jira |
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| - [ ] My PR addresses the following [Parquet Jira](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET/) issues and references them in the PR title. For example, "PARQUET-1234: My Parquet PR" |
| - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-XXX |
| - In case you are adding a dependency, check if the license complies with the [ASF 3rd Party License Policy](https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x). |
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| ### Tests |
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| - [ ] My PR adds the following unit tests __OR__ does not need testing for this extremely good reason: |
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| ### Commits |
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| - [ ] My commits all reference Jira issues in their subject lines. In addition, my commits follow the guidelines from "[How to write a good git commit message](http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/)": |
| 1. Subject is separated from body by a blank line |
| 1. Subject is limited to 50 characters (not including Jira issue reference) |
| 1. Subject does not end with a period |
| 1. Subject uses the imperative mood ("add", not "adding") |
| 1. Body wraps at 72 characters |
| 1. Body explains "what" and "why", not "how" |
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| ### Documentation |
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| - [ ] In case of new functionality, my PR adds documentation that describes how to use it. |
| - All the public functions and the classes in the PR contain Javadoc that explain what it does |
