John Muehlhausen created ARROW-5916: ---------------------------------------
Summary: [C++] Allow RecordBatch.length to be less than array lengths Key: ARROW-5916 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-5916 Project: Apache Arrow Issue Type: New Feature Reporter: John Muehlhausen Attachments: test.arrow_ipc 0.13 ignored RecordBatch.length. 0.14 requires that RecordBatch.length and array length be equal. As per [https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2692dd8fe09c92aa313bded2f4c2d4240b9ef75a8604ec214eb02571@%3Cdev.arrow.apache.org%3E] , we discussed changing this so that RecordBatch.length can be [0,array length]. If RecordBatch.length is less than array length, the reader should ignore the portion of the array(s) beyond RecordBatch.length. This will allow partially populated batches to be read in scenarios identified in the above discussion. {code:c++} Status GetFieldMetadata(int field_index, ArrayData* out) { auto nodes = metadata_->nodes(); // pop off a field if (field_index >= static_cast<int>(nodes->size())) { return Status::Invalid("Ran out of field metadata, likely malformed"); } const flatbuf::FieldNode* node = nodes->Get(field_index); * //out->length = node->length();* * out->length = metadata_->length();* out->null_count = node->null_count(); out->offset = 0; return Status::OK(); } {code} Attached is a test IPC File containing a batch with length 1, array length 3. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.14#76016)