parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileReader.java
@Deprecated
  public static List<Footer> readSummaryFile(Configuration configuration, FileStatus summaryStatus) throws IOException {
    final Path parent = summaryStatus.getPath().getParent();
    ParquetMetadata mergedFooters = readFooter(configuration, summaryStatus, filter(false));
    return footersFromSummaryFile(parent, mergedFooters);
  }
@Deprecated
  public static List<Footer> readSummaryFile(Configuration configuration, FileStatus summaryStatus) throws IOException {
    final Path parent = summaryStatus.getPath().getParent();
    ParquetMetadata mergedFooters = readFooter(configuration, summaryStatus, filter(false));
    return footersFromSummaryFile(parent, mergedFooters);
  }
Specifically reads a given summary file
@param configuration a configuration
@param summaryStatus file status for a summary file
@return the metadata translated for each file
@throws IOException if an exception is thrown while reading the summary file
@deprecated metadata files are not recommended and will be removed in 2.0.0