[PARQUET-1243] [C++] Improve quality of error message for zero-length files, otherwise corrupted files

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: cpp-4.0.0
• Component/s: parquet-cpp
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 12/Mar/18 04:24
• Updated: 23/Jun/24 03:30
• Resolved: 24/May/19 18:07

Description

Currently, the error looks like, even for zero-size files:

    if (file_size < FOOTER_SIZE) {
      throw ParquetException("Corrupted file, smaller than file footer");
    }

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4240