googleapis · benhxy · Jun 22, 2026
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+# Migrating BigQuery Storage API from v1beta1 to v1: Java
+
+This guide shows how to migrate Java code using the BigQuery Storage API from
+version `v1beta1` to `v1`.
+
+## Key Changes
+
+*   **Service Client**: `BigQueryStorageClient` is replaced by
+    `BigQueryReadClient`.
+*   **Table Reference**: `TableReference` proto message is replaced by a simple
+    string representation of the table path in `ReadSession`.
+*   **Session Configuration**: Several fields from `CreateReadSessionRequest`
+    have moved into `ReadSession` (which is now passed as a field in the
+    request).
+*   **Parallelism**: `requested_streams` is replaced by `max_stream_count`.
+*   **Sharding Strategy**: `sharding_strategy` is removed. The server now
+    automatically balances the streams.
+*   **Read Rows Request**: `StreamPosition` is flattened. You now pass the
+    stream name directly as `read_stream` and the `offset` as a top-level field
+    in `ReadRowsRequest`.
+
+## Code Comparison
+
+### 1. Client Initialization
+
+**v1beta1:**
+
+```java
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta1.BigQueryStorageClient;
+
+try (BigQueryStorageClient client = BigQueryStorageClient.create()) {
+  // use client
+}
+```
+
+**v1:**
+
+```java
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.BigQueryReadClient;
+
+try (BigQueryReadClient client = BigQueryReadClient.create()) {
+  // use client
+}
+```
+
+### 2. Creating a Read Session
+
+**v1beta1:**
+
+```java
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta1.BigQueryStorageClient;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta1.Storage.CreateReadSessionRequest;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta1.Storage.DataFormat;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta1.Storage.ReadSession;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta1.Storage.ShardingStrategy;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta1.ReadOptions.TableReadOptions;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta1.TableReferenceProto.TableReference;
+
+// ...
+
+TableReference tableReference = TableReference.newBuilder()
+    .setProjectId("bigquery-public-data")
+    .setDatasetId("usa_names")
+    .setTableId("usa_1910_current")
+    .build();
+
+TableReadOptions options = TableReadOptions.newBuilder()
+    .addSelectedFields("name")
+    .setRowRestriction("state = \"WA\"")
+    .build();
+
+CreateReadSessionRequest request = CreateReadSessionRequest.newBuilder()
+    .setParent("projects/read-session-project")
+    .setTableReference(tableReference)
+    .setReadOptions(options)
+    .setRequestedStreams(1)
+    .setFormat(DataFormat.AVRO)
+    .setShardingStrategy(ShardingStrategy.LIQUID)
+    .build();
+
+ReadSession session = client.createReadSession(request);
+```
+
+**v1:**
+
+```java
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.BigQueryReadClient;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.CreateReadSessionRequest;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.DataFormat;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ReadSession;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ReadSession.TableReadOptions;
+
+// ...
+
+// Table path is now a string: projects/{project}/datasets/{dataset}/tables/{table}
+String tablePath = "projects/bigquery-public-data/datasets/usa_names/tables/usa_1910_current";
+
+TableReadOptions options = TableReadOptions.newBuilder()
+    .addSelectedFields("name")
+    .setRowRestriction("state = \"WA\"")
+    .build();
+
+// ReadSession holds the session configuration (table, options, format)
+ReadSession readSession = ReadSession.newBuilder()
+    .setTable(tablePath)
+    .setDataFormat(DataFormat.AVRO) // format renamed to data_format
+    .setReadOptions(options)
+    .build();
+
+CreateReadSessionRequest request = CreateReadSessionRequest.newBuilder()
+    .setParent("projects/read-session-project")
+    .setReadSession(readSession)
+    .setMaxStreamCount(1) // requested_streams renamed to max_stream_count
+    .build();
+
+ReadSession session = client.createReadSession(request);
+```
+
+### 3. Reading Rows
+
+**v1beta1:**
+
+```java
+import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ServerStream;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta1.Storage.ReadRowsRequest;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta1.Storage.ReadRowsResponse;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta1.Storage.StreamPosition;
+
+// ...
+StreamPosition readPosition = StreamPosition.newBuilder()
+    .setStream(session.getStreams(0)) // Stream object
+    .setOffset(0)
+    .build();
+
+ReadRowsRequest readRowsRequest = ReadRowsRequest.newBuilder()
+    .setReadPosition(readPosition)
+    .build();
+
+ServerStream<ReadRowsResponse> stream = client.readRowsCallable().call(readRowsRequest);
+for (ReadRowsResponse response : stream) {
+  // Process response.getAvroRows()
+}
+```
+
+**v1:**
+
+```java
+import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ServerStream;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ReadRowsRequest;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ReadRowsResponse;
+
+// ...
+// ReadRowsRequest is flattened. We pass the stream name (string) and offset directly.
+ReadRowsRequest readRowsRequest = ReadRowsRequest.newBuilder()
+    .setReadStream(session.getStreams(0).getName()) // Stream name string
+    .setOffset(0)
+    .build();
+
+ServerStream<ReadRowsResponse> stream = client.readRowsCallable().call(readRowsRequest);
+for (ReadRowsResponse response : stream) {
+  // Process response.getAvroRows()
+}
+```