[jira] [Updated] (ARROW-5973) [Java] Variable width vectors' get methods should return null when the underlying data is null

[Liya Fan (JIRA)]

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Liya Fan updated ARROW-5973:
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    Labels: behavior-changes pull-request-available  (was: 
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> [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
>              Labels: behavior-changes, pull-request-available
>             Fix For: 1.0.0
>
>          Time Spent: 1h 20m
>  Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> 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 when 
> 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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