Dictionary pruning on files without an offset index or encoding stats

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This adds dictionary-page row-group pruning for Parquet files written without an offset index or encoding stats. The chunk's encodings list now stands in for encoding_stats, and without an offset index secondary_filters_byte_ranges returns a dictionary_page_range marked as an upper bound (the end of the chunk). The caller can then cap this bound with dictionary_page_byte_ranges_to_read and then read the data themselves to determine if there is actually a dictionary page there or not.

Those bounded ranges also surface a correctness bug: a chunk that claims dictionary encoding but was written with no dictionary page now begins with a data page, whose still-compressed bytes were decoded as dictionary values past the end of the span. decode_dictionary_page_headers now resets that page and clears the chunk's compressed pointer, size and dictionary page count, so it is simply not pruned with, exactly as an empty span behaves.

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• New Features

  • Added dictionary-page range metadata distinguishing exact page locations from upper-bound ranges.
  • Added utilities to convert dictionary-page ranges into bounded readable byte ranges and detect page lengths.
  • Exposed dictionary-page range support across C++, Python, and Java hybrid scan APIs.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved handling of missing, malformed, truncated, or absent dictionary pages.
  • Prevented incorrect pruning or decoding when dictionary-page metadata is incomplete.
  • Improved dictionary-page reads when page boundaries are unavailable.

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The PR adds extent-aware dictionary-page ranges for Parquet hybrid scans. C++, Java, and Python APIs preserve range metadata, bound reads, detect complete dictionary pages, and convert ranges before device fetching. Tests cover exact, oversized, missing, and truncated dictionary pages.

Changes

Dictionary-page range flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
C++ range contracts and discovery cpp/include/cudf/io/experimental/hybrid_scan.hpp, cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan*, cpp/include/cudf/io/experimental/hybrid_scan_multifile.hpp, cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan_multifile.cpp, cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan_preprocess.cu	C++ APIs now use dictionary_page_range with exact or upper-bound extents. Range discovery handles missing offsets and offset indexes. Utilities cap reads and parse complete dictionary-page lengths.
Java and Python API propagation java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/*, java/src/main/native/src/HybridScanReaderJni.cpp, python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/experimental/*, python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/libcudf/io/hybrid_scan.pxd	Java JNI and Python bindings expose typed dictionary ranges, extent-aware conversion, and dictionary-page length detection. Secondary-filter APIs return the new range type.
Fetch integration and validation cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan/*, cpp/examples/hybrid_scan_io/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp, cpp/tests/io/experimental/hybrid_scan*, cpp/tests/streams/io/experimental/hybrid_scan_test.cpp, java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/HybridScanReaderTest.java, python/pylibcudf/tests/io/test_experimental_hybrid_scan.py	Callers convert typed ranges before fetching dictionary pages. Hybrid-scan composers use cuda::stream_ref. Tests cover exact ranges, bounded upper-bound reads, absent or truncated pages, and dictionary-based pruning.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ce222

Dictionary-page pruning can still use untrimmed upper-bound ranges, while the Python cap accepts negative values that may produce invalid byte ranges. The PR should not merge until these bounded correctness issues are fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/cudf#23709: Directly overlaps the hybrid-scan dictionary-page APIs, range conversion logic, and language bindings.

Suggested reviewers: mhaseeb123, vuule

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cpp/examples/hybrid_scan_io/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp (1)

139-165: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Trim upper-bound dictionary-page reads before dictionary filtering.

dictionary_page_byte_ranges_to_read() only caps an upper_bound_if_present range. It does not make that range contain exactly one dictionary page. These callers fetch the resulting bytes to the device and pass them directly to filter_row_groups_with_dictionary_pages.

For files without an offset index, the fetched span can include data pages or contain no dictionary page. This violates the filter_row_groups_with_dictionary_pages() contract and can fetch an entire column chunk because every site uses the unlimited default cap. Read upper-bound ranges on the host with a bounded cap, call dictionary_page_length(), then send the exact page bytes to the device or an empty span when no complete dictionary page exists.

• cpp/examples/hybrid_scan_io/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp#L139-L165: measure and trim every upper-bound range before fetch_byte_ranges_async.
• cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp#L77-L99: apply the same bounded host-read and trim flow.
• cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan/dict_page_filter.cpp#L88-L100: avoid benchmarking untrimmed upper-bound ranges as dictionary pages.
• cpp/tests/io/experimental/hybrid_scan_common.cpp#L248-L282: make the shared single-file and multifile helpers trim upper-bound ranges and cover absent pages.
• cpp/tests/io/experimental/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp#L83-L100: use exact or empty dictionary spans in the integration test.

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In `@cpp/examples/hybrid_scan_io/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp` around lines 139 - 165,
Trim every upper-bound dictionary-page range before device fetching and
dictionary filtering: read it on the host with a bounded cap, use
dictionary_page_length() to retain exactly one complete page, or pass an empty
span when no page exists. Apply this in
cpp/examples/hybrid_scan_io/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp:139-165 and
cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp:77-99
around fetch_byte_ranges_async and filter_row_groups_with_dictionary_pages;
update
cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan/dict_page_filter.cpp:88-100
to avoid untrimmed benchmark inputs; update the shared helpers in
cpp/tests/io/experimental/hybrid_scan_common.cpp:248-282 to cover absent pages;
and make cpp/tests/io/experimental/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp:83-100 use exact or
empty dictionary spans.

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python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/experimental/hybrid_scan.pyx (1)

139-141: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Reject a negative max_upper_bound_size.

DictionaryPageRange.byteRangeToRead in the Java binding rejects a negative cap. This function accepts one and forwards it to C++, which then returns a range with a negative size for every upper-bound entry. Add the same guard for parity.

♻️ Proposed guard

+    if max_upper_bound_size is not None and max_upper_bound_size < 0:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "max_upper_bound_size must be >= 0, "
+            f"got {max_upper_bound_size}"
+        )
     cdef int64_t c_max_upper_bound_size = (
         INT64_MAX if max_upper_bound_size is None else max_upper_bound_size
     )

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In `@python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/experimental/hybrid_scan.pyx` around lines 139
- 141, Validate max_upper_bound_size before assigning c_max_upper_bound_size,
rejecting negative values while continuing to map None to INT64_MAX and
nonnegative values unchanged. Add the guard in the hybrid scan setup surrounding
c_max_upper_bound_size.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@cpp/examples/hybrid_scan_io/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp`:
- Around line 139-165: Trim every upper-bound dictionary-page range before
device fetching and dictionary filtering: read it on the host with a bounded
cap, use dictionary_page_length() to retain exactly one complete page, or pass
an empty span when no page exists. Apply this in
cpp/examples/hybrid_scan_io/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp:139-165 and
cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp:77-99
around fetch_byte_ranges_async and filter_row_groups_with_dictionary_pages;
update
cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan/dict_page_filter.cpp:88-100
to avoid untrimmed benchmark inputs; update the shared helpers in
cpp/tests/io/experimental/hybrid_scan_common.cpp:248-282 to cover absent pages;
and make cpp/tests/io/experimental/hybrid_scan_composer.cpp:83-100 use exact or
empty dictionary spans.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/experimental/hybrid_scan.pyx`:
- Around line 139-141: Validate max_upper_bound_size before assigning
c_max_upper_bound_size, rejecting negative values while continuing to map None
to INT64_MAX and nonnegative values unchanged. Add the guard in the hybrid scan
setup surrounding c_max_upper_bound_size.

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