icexelloss commented on code in PR #34311:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/34311#discussion_r1117345330


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cpp/src/arrow/compute/row/grouper.h:
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@@ -30,6 +30,49 @@
 namespace arrow {
 namespace compute {
 
+/// \brief A segment of contiguous rows for grouping
+struct ARROW_EXPORT GroupingSegment {
+  int64_t offset;
+  int64_t length;
+  bool is_open;
+  bool extends;
+};
+
+inline bool operator==(const GroupingSegment& segment1, const GroupingSegment& 
segment2) {
+  return segment1.offset == segment2.offset && segment1.length == 
segment2.length &&
+         segment1.is_open == segment2.is_open && segment1.extends == 
segment2.extends;
+}
+inline bool operator!=(const GroupingSegment& segment1, const GroupingSegment& 
segment2) {
+  return !(segment1 == segment2);
+}
+
+/// \brief Computes grouping segments for a batch. Each segment covers rows 
with identical
+/// values in the batch. The values in the batch are often selected as keys 
from a larger
+/// batch.
+class ARROW_EXPORT GroupingSegmenter {
+ public:
+  virtual ~GroupingSegmenter() = default;
+
+  /// \brief Construct a GroupingSegmenter which receives the specified key 
types
+  static Result<std::unique_ptr<GroupingSegmenter>> Make(
+      const std::vector<TypeHolder>& key_types, bool nullable_keys = false,
+      ExecContext* ctx = default_exec_context());
+
+  /// \brief Return the key types of this segmenter
+  virtual const std::vector<TypeHolder>& key_types() const = 0;
+
+  /// \brief Reset this grouping segmenter
+  virtual Status Reset() = 0;
+
+  /// \brief Get the next segment for the given batch starting from the given 
offset
+  virtual Result<GroupingSegment> GetNextSegment(const ExecSpan& batch,
+                                                 int64_t offset) = 0;
+
+  /// \brief Get the next segment for the given batch starting from the given 
offset
+  virtual Result<GroupingSegment> GetNextSegment(const ExecBatch& batch,

Review Comment:
   Thanks for explaining. My next question would be how do we pick which one to 
use here?



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