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# CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

## Project Overview

Apache TsFile is a columnar storage file format designed for time series data. The project provides implementations in three languages, each in its own top-level directory. The main branch is `develop`.

TsFile uses a hierarchical storage model: **Page → Chunk → ChunkGroup → File**. Data is organized by device, with each device's measurements stored as individual time series. Two write models exist: **aligned** (all measurements share timestamps) and **non-aligned** (independent timestamps per measurement).

## Repository Structure

| Directory | Language | Build System | Details |
|-----------|----------|--------------|---------|
| `java/`   | Java     | Maven        | [java/CLAUDE.md](java/CLAUDE.md) |
| `cpp/`    | C++      | CMake        | [cpp/CLAUDE.md](cpp/CLAUDE.md) |
| `python/` | Python   | setuptools + Cython | [python/CLAUDE.md](python/CLAUDE.md) |

The root `pom.xml` orchestrates all three via Maven profiles:

```bash
./mvnw clean verify -P with-java       # Java only
./mvnw clean verify -P with-cpp        # C++ only
./mvnw clean verify -P with-python     # Python (requires C++ built first)
```

## Cross-Module Dependencies

- **Python depends on C++**: The Python module uses Cython to bind to the C++ shared library (`libtsfile`). C++ must be built before Python (`-P with-python` implies C++ build).
- **Java is independent**: The Java implementation shares no build-time dependency with C++ or Python.
- All three implementations read/write the same TsFile binary format.

## Code Formatting

```bash
./mvnw spotless:apply    # Format all languages (Java: Google Java Format, C++: clang-format, Python: Black)
./mvnw spotless:check    # Check formatting without modifying
```

## Internationalization

Java logs and exception messages use a runtime `ResourceBundle` approach so the same JAR can emit English or Simplified Chinese based on a JVM startup property. See `java/CLAUDE.md` for the convention. Switch language with `-Dtsfile.locale=zh`.

## License Header

Every new file must include the Apache License 2.0 header at the top. Use the comment style appropriate for the file type (e.g., `<!-- -->` for Markdown, `/* */` for Java/C++, `#` for Python). See any existing file for the exact wording.

## Git Commit

- Do NOT add `Co-Authored-By` trailer to commit messages.