lance-namespace 0.5.0

Lance Namespace interface and plugin registry

lance-namespace

Lance Namespace interface and plugin registry.

Overview

This package provides:

• LanceNamespace ABC interface for namespace implementations
• connect() factory function for creating namespace instances
• register_namespace_impl() for external implementation registration
• Re-exported model types from lance_namespace_urllib3_client

Installation

pip install lance-namespace

Usage

import lance_namespace

# Connect using native implementations (requires lance package)
ns = lance_namespace.connect("dir", {"root": "/path/to/data"})
ns = lance_namespace.connect("rest", {"uri": "http://localhost:4099"})

# Register a custom implementation
lance_namespace.register_namespace_impl("glue", "lance_glue.GlueNamespace")
ns = lance_namespace.connect("glue", {"catalog": "my_catalog"})

Creating Custom Implementations

from lance_namespace import LanceNamespace

class MyNamespace(LanceNamespace):
    def namespace_id(self) -> str:
        return "MyNamespace { ... }"

    # Override other methods as needed

License

Apache-2.0