pyarrow.Message

class pyarrow.Message

Bases: object

Container for an Arrow IPC message with metadata and optional body

__init__()

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

Methods

equals(self, Message other)	Returns True if the message contents (metadata and body) are identical
serialize(self[, alignment, memory_pool])	Write message as encapsulated IPC message

Attributes

body
metadata
type

body

equals(self, Message other)

Returns True if the message contents (metadata and body) are identical

Parameters:other (Message) – Returns:are_equal (bool)

metadata

serialize(self, alignment=8, memory_pool=None)

Write message as encapsulated IPC message

Parameters:

• alignment (int, default 8) – Byte alignment for metadata and body
• memory_pool (MemoryPool, default None) – Uses default memory pool if not specified

Returns:

serialized (Buffer)

type