diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Table.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Table.java
index cbd212c13d5..e9033c91480 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Table.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Table.java
@@ -1588,30 +1588,60 @@ public static Table readORC(ORCOptions opts, DataSource ds) {
    * Get a table writer to write parquet data to a file.
    * @param options the parquet writer options.
    * @param outputFile where to write the file.
+   * @return a table writer to use for writing out multiple tables.
+   */
+  public static TableWriter writeParquetChunked(ParquetWriterOptions options, File outputFile) {
+    return writeParquetChunkedWithFooter(options, outputFile);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a table writer to write parquet data and handle each chunk with a callback.
+   * @param options the parquet writer options.
+   * @param consumer a class that will be called when host buffers are ready with parquet
+   *                 formatted data in them.
+   * @param hostMemoryAllocator allocator for host memory buffers
+   * @return a table writer to use for writing out multiple tables.
+   */
+  public static TableWriter writeParquetChunked(ParquetWriterOptions options,
+                                                HostBufferConsumer consumer,
+                                                HostMemoryAllocator hostMemoryAllocator) {
+    return writeParquetChunkedWithFooter(options, consumer, hostMemoryAllocator);
+  }
+
+  public static TableWriter writeParquetChunked(ParquetWriterOptions options,
+                                                HostBufferConsumer consumer) {
+    return writeParquetChunked(options, consumer, DefaultHostMemoryAllocator.get());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a Parquet table writer that can return footer metadata when writing to a file.
+   * @param options the parquet writer options.
+   * @param outputFile where to write the file.
    * @return a Parquet table writer to use for writing out multiple tables.
    */
-  public static ParquetTableWriter writeParquetChunked(ParquetWriterOptions options,
-                                                       File outputFile) {
+  public static ParquetTableWriter writeParquetChunkedWithFooter(ParquetWriterOptions options,
+                                                                 File outputFile) {
     return new ParquetTableWriter(options, outputFile);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get a table writer to write parquet data and handle each chunk with a callback.
+   * Get a Parquet table writer that can return footer metadata and handle each chunk with a
+   * callback.
    * @param options the parquet writer options.
    * @param consumer a class that will be called when host buffers are ready with parquet
    *                 formatted data in them.
    * @param hostMemoryAllocator allocator for host memory buffers
    * @return a Parquet table writer to use for writing out multiple tables.
    */
-  public static ParquetTableWriter writeParquetChunked(ParquetWriterOptions options,
-                                                       HostBufferConsumer consumer,
-                                                       HostMemoryAllocator hostMemoryAllocator) {
+  public static ParquetTableWriter writeParquetChunkedWithFooter(ParquetWriterOptions options,
+                                                                 HostBufferConsumer consumer,
+                                                                 HostMemoryAllocator hostMemoryAllocator) {
     return new ParquetTableWriter(options, consumer, hostMemoryAllocator);
   }
 
-  public static ParquetTableWriter writeParquetChunked(ParquetWriterOptions options,
-                                                       HostBufferConsumer consumer) {
-    return writeParquetChunked(options, consumer, DefaultHostMemoryAllocator.get());
+  public static ParquetTableWriter writeParquetChunkedWithFooter(ParquetWriterOptions options,
+                                                                 HostBufferConsumer consumer) {
+    return writeParquetChunkedWithFooter(options, consumer, DefaultHostMemoryAllocator.get());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
index 3090ce59978..45013ffdfea 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
@@ -10182,7 +10182,7 @@ void testParquetWriterCloseAndGetFooterToFile() throws IOException {
              .column("a", "b", "c")
              .build();
          ParquetTableWriter writer =
-             Table.writeParquetChunked(options, tempFile.getFile())) {
+             Table.writeParquetChunkedWithFooter(options, tempFile.getFile())) {
       writer.write(table);
       writer.write(table);
       try (HostMemoryBuffer footer = writer.closeAndGetFooter()) {
@@ -10210,7 +10210,7 @@ void testParquetWriterCloseAndGetFooterToBuffer() {
              .build();
          MyBufferConsumer consumer = new MyBufferConsumer();
          ParquetTableWriter writer =
-             Table.writeParquetChunked(options, consumer, allocator)) {
+             Table.writeParquetChunkedWithFooter(options, consumer, allocator)) {
       writer.write(table);
       try (HostMemoryBuffer footer = writer.closeAndGetFooter()) {
         byte[] parquetData = new byte[(int) consumer.offset];
@@ -10231,7 +10231,8 @@ void testParquetWriterCloseAndGetFooterAfterClose() throws IOException {
         .build();
     try (TempFile tempFile = TempFile.create("discarded-footer", ".parquet");
          Table table = new Table.TestBuilder().column(1, 2, 3).build()) {
-      ParquetTableWriter writer = Table.writeParquetChunked(options, tempFile.getFile());
+      ParquetTableWriter writer =
+          Table.writeParquetChunkedWithFooter(options, tempFile.getFile());
       writer.write(table);
       writer.close();
       assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, writer::closeAndGetFooter);
@@ -10239,6 +10240,29 @@ void testParquetWriterCloseAndGetFooterAfterClose() throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testParquetWriterFactoryReturnTypes() throws NoSuchMethodException {
+    assertEquals(TableWriter.class,
+        Table.class.getMethod("writeParquetChunked", ParquetWriterOptions.class, File.class)
+            .getReturnType());
+    assertEquals(TableWriter.class,
+        Table.class.getMethod("writeParquetChunked", ParquetWriterOptions.class,
+            HostBufferConsumer.class, HostMemoryAllocator.class).getReturnType());
+    assertEquals(TableWriter.class,
+        Table.class.getMethod("writeParquetChunked", ParquetWriterOptions.class,
+            HostBufferConsumer.class).getReturnType());
+
+    assertEquals(ParquetTableWriter.class,
+        Table.class.getMethod("writeParquetChunkedWithFooter", ParquetWriterOptions.class,
+            File.class).getReturnType());
+    assertEquals(ParquetTableWriter.class,
+        Table.class.getMethod("writeParquetChunkedWithFooter", ParquetWriterOptions.class,
+            HostBufferConsumer.class, HostMemoryAllocator.class).getReturnType());
+    assertEquals(ParquetTableWriter.class,
+        Table.class.getMethod("writeParquetChunkedWithFooter", ParquetWriterOptions.class,
+            HostBufferConsumer.class).getReturnType());
+  }
+
   private static void assertReturnedFooterMatches(byte[] parquetData,
                                                   HostMemoryBuffer returnedFooter) {
     int fileLength = parquetData.length;