Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.

The fact that Paruqet metadata statistics requires checking before access is confusing and error prone, for example #6092

Describe the solution you'd like

Change the API so it doesn't panic if used incorrectly

Describe alternatives you've considered
I propose removing these methods:

• https://docs.rs/parquet/latest/parquet/file/statistics/enum.Statistics.html#method.has_min_max_set
• https://docs.rs/parquet/latest/parquet/file/statistics/struct.ValueStatistics.html#method.has_min_max_set

And changing the corresponding accessors like min() and max() to return Option<&T> rather than &T

Today:

impl Statistics { 
...
  // panics if `has_min_max_set` is returns false
  pub fn min(&self) -> &T
...
}

Proposal:

impl Statistics { 
...
  // Returns None if statistics not set
  pub fn min(&self) -> Option<&T>
...
}

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