emkornfield commented on a change in pull request #10058:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/10058#discussion_r614262888
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File path: java/README.md
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@@ -64,26 +64,46 @@ and arrow-format into a single JAR. Using the classifier
"shade-format-flatbuff
pom.xml will make use of this JAR, you can then exclude/resolve the original
dependency to
a version of your choosing.
+### Updating the flatbuffers generated code
+
+To update the checked-in flatbuffer generated code perform the following:
+
+```bash
+cd $ARROW_HOME
+
+# remove the existing files
+rm -rf java/format/src
+
+# regenerate from the .fbs files
+flatc --java -o java/format/src/main/java format/*.fbs
Review comment:
it is probably good to document version here?
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