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Liya Fan updated ARROW-5973:
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Summary: [Java] Variable width vectors' get methods should return null when
the underlying data is null (was: [Java] Variable width vectors' get methods
should return return null when the underlying data is null)
> [Java] Variable width vectors' get methods should return null when the
> underlying data is null
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> Key: ARROW-5973
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-5973
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Java
> Reporter: Liya Fan
> Assignee: Liya Fan
> Priority: Major
>
> For variable-width vectors (VarCharVector and VarBinaryVector), when the
> validity bit is not set, it means the underlying data is null, so the get
> method should return null.
> However, the current implementation throws an IllegalStateException whenÂ
> NULL_CHECKING_ENABLED is set, or returns an empty array when the flag is
> clear.
> Maybe the purpose of this design is to be consistent with fixed-width
> vectors. However, the scenario is different: fixed-width vectors (e.g.
> IntVector) throw an IllegalStateException, simply because the primitive types
> are non-nullable.
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