Read an arrow::Table from a stream
read_table(stream)read_arrow(stream)
stream.
a arrow::ipc::RecordBatchFileReader: read an arrow::Table from all the record batches in the reader
a arrow::ipc::RecordBatchStreamReader: read an arrow::Table from the remaining record batches in the reader
a string or file path: interpret the file as an arrow binary file format, and uses a arrow::ipc::RecordBatchFileReader to process it.
a raw vector: read using a arrow::ipc::RecordBatchStreamReader
read_table returns an arrow::Table
read_arrow returns a data.frame
The methods using arrow::ipc::RecordBatchFileReader and arrow::ipc::RecordBatchStreamReader offer the most flexibility. The other methods are for convenience.