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.. currentmodule:: pyarrow

Streams and File Access
=======================

.. _api.io:

Factory Functions
-----------------

These factory functions are the recommended way to create a Arrow stream.
They accept various kinds of sources, such as in-memory buffers or on-disk files.

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   input_stream
   output_stream
   memory_map
   create_memory_map

Stream Classes
--------------

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   NativeFile
   OSFile
   PythonFile
   BufferReader
   BufferOutputStream
   FixedSizeBufferWriter
   MemoryMappedFile
   CompressedInputStream
   CompressedOutputStream

File Systems
------------

See :ref:`api.fs`.
