Hi Wes, Thanks for your reply, so can I say that C++ version of Arrow works on Big Endian system(although not tested officially) ? Also would need your help in getting me details on how to run and one sample program using APIs. Thanks a lot,Sanjay
> From: wesmck...@gmail.com > Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 10:32:40 -0700 > Subject: Re: Is LittleEndian system mandatory for using Apache Arrow ? > To: dev@arrow.apache.org > CC: emkornfi...@gmail.com > > I replied on the other thread (missed this one). > > I believe that since the C++ codebase uses native endianness, we would > need to add byte-swapping logic in the IPC code path to support big > endian systems. > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Sanjay Rao <getsanjay...@live.com> wrote: > > Hi Micah, > > Thanks, I am trying to write Java examples with Java libraries of Apache > > Arrow on Big Endian system, I already got JARs built, this is part of a > > research I am doing. > > I ran "mvn test" on Big Endian system and it failed in TestEndianess, > > kindly let me know if at least Java version of Apache Arrow will run on Big > > Endian system. > > Thanks,Sanjay > > > >> From: emkornfi...@gmail.com > >> Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 09:23:51 -0700 > >> Subject: Re: Is LittleEndian system mandatory for using Apache Arrow ? > >> To: dev@arrow.apache.org > >> > >> Hi Sanjay, > >> There was some discussion on the mailing list a little while ago about this > >> [1]. We discussed making endianness part of the IPC metadata. I don't > >> think we've gotten far enough in the implementation to take action on the > >> discussion though. > >> > >> Right now I think the C++ code at least is endian agnostic, but it hasn't > >> been tested against a big-endian system as far as I know. As referenced in > >> the prior thread (and I don't think its been changed), there is an explicit > >> check for endianness when constructing vectors in Java > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Micah > >> > >> > >> https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/arrow-dev/201604.mbox/%3CCAK7Z5T_0T9hOa=mbJ=V30jc_Em169e=qjpyqnsblrakb8dm...@mail.gmail.com%3E > >> > >> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Sanjay Rao <getsanjay...@live.com> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > I read that Integer representation is assumed to LittleEndian in Arrow, > >> > does this mean we cannot use Arrow in Big Endian Systems like SPARC ? > >> > > >> > Thanks,Sanjay > >
