adamreeve commented on code in PR #34133:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/34133#discussion_r1122474881


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csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/C/CArrowSchema.cs:
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+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Apache.Arrow.Types;
+
+[UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.StdCall)]
+public delegate void ReleaseCArrowSchema(IntPtr schema);
+
+namespace Apache.Arrow.C
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An Arrow C Data Interface Schema, which represents a type, field, or 
schema.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// 
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// This is used to export <see cref="ArrowType"/>, <see cref="Field"/>, or
+    /// <see cref="Schema"/> to other languages. It matches the layout of the
+    /// ArrowSchema struct described in 
https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/cpp/src/arrow/c/abi.h.
+    /// </remarks>
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+    public struct CArrowSchema
+    {
+        public IntPtr format;
+        public IntPtr name;
+        public IntPtr metadata;
+        public long flags;
+        public long n_children;
+        public IntPtr children;
+        public IntPtr dictionary;
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.FunctionPtr)]
+        public ReleaseCArrowSchema release;
+        public IntPtr private_data;
+
+        private static string GetFormat(IArrowType datatype)
+        {
+            TypeFormatter formatter = new TypeFormatter();
+            datatype.Accept(formatter);
+            return formatter.FormatString;
+        }
+
+        private static long GetFlags(IArrowType datatype, bool nullable = true)
+        {
+            long flags = 0;
+
+            if (nullable)
+            {
+                flags |= ArrowFlagNullable;
+            }
+
+            if (datatype is DictionaryType dictionaryType)
+            {
+                if (dictionaryType.Ordered)
+                {
+                    flags |= ArrowFlagDictionaryOrdered;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // TODO: when we implement MapType, make sure to set the 
KEYS_SORTED flag.
+            return flags;
+        }
+
+        private static IntPtr ConstructChildren(IArrowType datatype, out long 
numChildren)
+        {
+            if (datatype is NestedType nestedType)
+            {
+                IReadOnlyList<Field> fields = nestedType.Fields;
+                int numFields = fields.Count;
+                numChildren = numFields;
+
+                unsafe
+                {
+                    IntPtr* pointerList = 
(IntPtr*)Marshal.AllocHGlobal(numFields * IntPtr.Size);
+
+                    for (var i = 0; i < numChildren; i++)
+                    {
+                        var cSchema = new CArrowSchema(fields[i]);
+                        IntPtr exportedSchema = cSchema.AllocateAsPtr();
+                        pointerList[i] = exportedSchema;
+                    }
+
+                    return (IntPtr)pointerList;
+                }
+
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                numChildren = 0;
+                return IntPtr.Zero;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private IntPtr GetChild(int i)
+        {
+            if (i >= n_children)
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Child index out of bounds.");
+            }
+            if (children == IntPtr.Zero)
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Children array is null.");
+            }
+            unsafe
+            {
+                return ((IntPtr*)children)[i];
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static IntPtr ConstructDictionary(IArrowType datatype)
+        {
+            if (datatype is DictionaryType dictType)
+            {
+                var cSchema = new CArrowSchema(dictType.ValueType);
+                return cSchema.AllocateAsPtr();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return IntPtr.Zero;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initialize the exported C schema as an Arrow type.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="datatype">The Arrow type to export.</param>
+        public CArrowSchema(IArrowType datatype)
+        {
+            format = StringUtil.ToCStringUtf8(GetFormat(datatype));
+            name = IntPtr.Zero;
+            metadata = IntPtr.Zero;
+            flags = GetFlags(datatype);
+
+            children = ConstructChildren(datatype, out var numChildren);
+            n_children = numChildren;
+
+            dictionary = ConstructDictionary(datatype);
+
+            release = (IntPtr self) =>
+            {
+                var schema = Marshal.PtrToStructure<CArrowSchema>(self);
+
+                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(schema.format);
+                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(schema.name);
+                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(schema.metadata);
+
+                if (schema.n_children > 0)
+                {
+                    for (int i = 0; i < schema.n_children; i++)
+                    {
+                        FreePtr(schema.GetChild(i));
+                    }
+                    Marshal.FreeHGlobal((IntPtr)schema.children);
+                }
+
+                if (schema.dictionary != IntPtr.Zero)
+                {
+                    FreePtr(schema.dictionary);
+                }
+                Marshal.DestroyStructure<CArrowSchema>(self);
+            };
+
+            private_data = IntPtr.Zero;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initialize the exported C schema as a field.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="field">Field to export.</param>
+        public CArrowSchema(Field field) : this(field.DataType)
+        {
+            name = StringUtil.ToCStringUtf8(field.Name);
+            // TODO: field metadata
+            metadata = IntPtr.Zero;
+            flags = GetFlags(field.DataType, field.IsNullable);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initialize the exported C schema as a schema.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="schema">Schema to export.</param>
+        public CArrowSchema(Schema schema) : this(new 
StructType(schema.Fields.Values.ToList()))
+        {
+            // TODO: top-level metadata
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Allocate an unmanaged pointer and copy this instances data to it.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// To avoid a memory leak, you must call <see cref="FreePtr"/> on this
+        /// pointer when done using it.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public IntPtr AllocateAsPtr()

Review Comment:
   Maybe a nitpick but I think `ExportAsPtr` or maybe just having an override 
of `Export` would more clearly describe the main intent of this method. I guess 
`AllocateAndExport` would be more descriptive but is getting a little verbose 



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