Expose record boundary information in JSON decoder (#7092)

* Expose record boundary information in JSON decoder

* fix doc links

Author: scovich

arrow-json/src/reader/mod.rs

@@ -615,11 +615,27 @@ impl Decoder {
         self.tape_decoder.serialize(rows)
     }
 
+    /// True if the decoder is currently part way through decoding a record.
+    pub fn has_partial_record(&self) -> bool {
+        self.tape_decoder.has_partial_row()
+    }
+
+    /// The number of unflushed records, including the partially decoded record (if any).
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.tape_decoder.num_buffered_rows()
+    }
+
+    /// True if there are no records to flush, i.e. [`Self::len`] is zero.
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.len() == 0
+    }
+
     /// Flushes the currently buffered data to a [`RecordBatch`]
     ///
-    /// Returns `Ok(None)` if no buffered data
+    /// Returns `Ok(None)` if no buffered data, i.e. [`Self::is_empty`] is true.
     ///
-    /// Note: if called part way through decoding a record, this will return an error
+    /// Note: This will return an error if called part way through decoding a record,
+    /// i.e. [`Self::has_partial_record`] is true.
     pub fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<Option<RecordBatch>, ArrowError> {
         let tape = self.tape_decoder.finish()?;
 
@@ -803,6 +819,20 @@ mod tests {
             Field::new("e", DataType::Date64, true),
         ]));
 
+        let mut decoder = ReaderBuilder::new(schema.clone()).build_decoder().unwrap();
+        assert!(decoder.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(decoder.len(), 0);
+        assert!(!decoder.has_partial_record());
+        assert_eq!(decoder.decode(buf.as_bytes()).unwrap(), 221);
+        assert!(!decoder.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(decoder.len(), 6);
+        assert!(!decoder.has_partial_record());
+        let batch = decoder.flush().unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(batch.num_rows(), 6);
+        assert!(decoder.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(decoder.len(), 0);
+        assert!(!decoder.has_partial_record());
+
         let batches = do_read(buf, 1024, false, false, schema);
         assert_eq!(batches.len(), 1);
 
@@ -2158,6 +2188,14 @@ mod tests {
             true,
         )]));
 
+        let mut decoder = ReaderBuilder::new(schema.clone()).build_decoder().unwrap();
+        let _ = decoder.decode(r#"{"a": { "child":"#.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        assert!(decoder.tape_decoder.has_partial_row());
+        assert_eq!(decoder.tape_decoder.num_buffered_rows(), 1);
+        let _ = decoder.flush().unwrap_err();
+        assert!(decoder.tape_decoder.has_partial_row());
+        assert_eq!(decoder.tape_decoder.num_buffered_rows(), 1);
+
         let parse_err = |s: &str| {
             ReaderBuilder::new(schema.clone())
                 .build(Cursor::new(s.as_bytes()))

arrow-json/src/reader/tape.rs

@@ -545,6 +545,17 @@ impl TapeDecoder {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// The number of buffered rows, including the partially decoded row (if any).
+    pub fn num_buffered_rows(&self) -> usize {
+        self.cur_row
+    }
+
+    /// True if the decoder is part way through decoding a row. If so, calling [`Self::finish`]
+    /// would return an error.
+    pub fn has_partial_row(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.stack.is_empty()
+    }
+
     /// Finishes the current [`Tape`]
     pub fn finish(&self) -> Result<Tape<'_>, ArrowError> {
         if let Some(b) = self.stack.last() {
@@ -726,8 +737,12 @@ mod tests {
         "#;
         let mut decoder = TapeDecoder::new(16, 2);
         decoder.decode(a.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        assert!(!decoder.has_partial_row());
+        assert_eq!(decoder.num_buffered_rows(), 7);
 
         let finished = decoder.finish().unwrap();
+        assert!(!decoder.has_partial_row());
+        assert_eq!(decoder.num_buffered_rows(), 7); // didn't call clear() yet
         assert_eq!(
             finished.elements,
             &[
@@ -820,7 +835,11 @@ mod tests {
                 0, 5, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 32, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 47,
                 52, 55, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 63, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77
             ]
-        )
+        );
+
+        decoder.clear();
+        assert!(!decoder.has_partial_row());
+        assert_eq!(decoder.num_buffered_rows(), 0);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -874,6 +893,8 @@ mod tests {
         // Test truncation
         let mut decoder = TapeDecoder::new(16, 2);
         decoder.decode(b"{\"he").unwrap();
+        assert!(decoder.has_partial_row());
+        assert_eq!(decoder.num_buffered_rows(), 1);
         let err = decoder.finish().unwrap_err().to_string();
         assert_eq!(err, "Json error: Truncated record whilst reading string");