JollyJack

Features

• Reading parquet files directly into numpy arrays and torch tensors (fp16, fp32, fp64)
• Faster and requiring less memory than vanilla PyArrow
• Compatibility with PalletJack

Known limitations

• Data cannot contain null values

Required

• pyarrow ~= 19.0.0

JollyJack operates on top of pyarrow, making it an essential requirement for both building and using JollyJack. While our source package is compatible with recent versions of pyarrow, the binary distribution package specifically requires the latest major version of pyarrow.

Installation

pip install jollyjack

How to use:

Generating a sample parquet file:

import jollyjack as jj
import pyarrow.parquet as pq
import pyarrow as pa
import numpy as np

from pyarrow import fs

chunk_size = 3
n_row_groups = 2
n_columns = 5
n_rows = n_row_groups * chunk_size
path = "my.parquet"

data = np.random.rand(n_rows, n_columns).astype(np.float32)
pa_arrays = [pa.array(data[:, i]) for i in range(n_columns)]
schema = pa.schema([(f'column_{i}', pa.float32()) for i in range(n_columns)])
table =  pa.Table.from_arrays(pa_arrays, schema=schema)
pq.write_table(table, path, row_group_size=chunk_size, use_dictionary=False, write_statistics=True, store_schema=False, write_page_index=True)

Generating a numpy array to read into:

# Create an array of zeros
np_array = np.zeros((n_rows, n_columns), dtype='f', order='F')

Reading entire file into numpy array:

pr = pq.ParquetReader()
pr.open(path)

row_begin = 0
row_end = 0

for rg in range(pr.metadata.num_row_groups):
    row_begin = row_end
    row_end = row_begin + pr.metadata.row_group(rg).num_rows

    # To define which subset of the numpy array we want read into,
    # we need to create a view which shares underlying memory with the target numpy array
    subset_view = np_array[row_begin:row_end, :] 
    jj.read_into_numpy (source = path
                        , metadata = pr.metadata
                        , np_array = subset_view
                        , row_group_indices = [rg]
                        , column_indices = range(pr.metadata.num_columns))

# Alternatively
with fs.LocalFileSystem().open_input_file(path) as f:
    jj.read_into_numpy (source = f
                        , metadata = None
                        , np_array = np_array
                        , row_group_indices = range(pr.metadata.num_row_groups)
                        , column_indices = range(pr.metadata.num_columns))

Reading columns in reversed order:

with fs.LocalFileSystem().open_input_file(path) as f:
    jj.read_into_numpy (source = f
                        , metadata = None
                        , np_array = np_array
                        , row_group_indices = range(pr.metadata.num_row_groups)
                        , column_indices = {i:pr.metadata.num_columns - i - 1 for i in range(pr.metadata.num_columns)})

Reading column 3 into multiple destination columns

with fs.LocalFileSystem().open_input_file(path) as f:
    jj.read_into_numpy (source = f
                        , metadata = None
                        , np_array = np_array
                        , row_group_indices = range(pr.metadata.num_row_groups)
                        , column_indices = ((3, 0), (3, 1)))

Sparse reading

np_array = np.zeros((n_rows, n_columns), dtype='f', order='F')
with fs.LocalFileSystem().open_input_file(path) as f:
    jj.read_into_numpy (source = f
                        , metadata = None
                        , np_array = np_array
                        , row_group_indices = [0]
                        , row_ranges = [slice(0, 1), slice(4, 6)]
                        , column_indices = range(pr.metadata.num_columns)
						)
print(np_array)

Generating a torch tensor to read into:

import torch
# Create a tesnsor and transpose it to get Fortran-style order
tensor = torch.zeros(n_columns, n_rows, dtype = torch.float32).transpose(0, 1)

Reading entire file into the tensor:

pr = pq.ParquetReader()
pr.open(path)

jj.read_into_torch (source = path
                    , metadata = pr.metadata
                    , tensor = tensor
                    , row_group_indices = range(pr.metadata.num_row_groups)
                    , column_indices = range(pr.metadata.num_columns)
                    , pre_buffer = True
                    , use_threads = True)

print(tensor)

Benchmarks:

n_threads	use_threads	pre_buffer	dtype	compression	PyArrow	JollyJack
1	False	False	float	None	6.79s	3.55s
1	True	False	float	None	5.17s	2.32s
1	False	True	float	None	5.54s	2.76s
1	True	True	float	None	3.98s	2.66s
2	False	False	float	None	4.63s	2.33s
2	True	False	float	None	3.89s	2.36s
2	False	True	float	None	4.19s	2.61s
2	True	True	float	None	3.36s	2.39s
1	False	False	float	snappy	7.00s	3.56s
1	True	False	float	snappy	5.21s	2.23s
1	False	True	float	snappy	5.22s	3.30s
1	True	True	float	snappy	3.73s	2.84s
2	False	False	float	snappy	4.43s	2.49s
2	True	False	float	snappy	3.40s	2.42s
2	False	True	float	snappy	4.07s	2.63s
2	True	True	float	snappy	3.14s	2.55s
1	False	False	halffloat	None	7.21s	1.23s
1	True	False	halffloat	None	3.53s	0.71s
1	False	True	halffloat	None	7.43s	1.96s
1	True	True	halffloat	None	4.04s	1.52s
2	False	False	halffloat	None	3.84s	0.64s
2	True	False	halffloat	None	3.11s	0.57s
2	False	True	halffloat	None	4.07s	1.17s
2	True	True	halffloat	None	3.39s	1.14s