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Larry White updated ARROW-17480:
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Summary: [Java] add setNull() to FieldVector interface (was: [Java] add
setNull() to ValueVector interface)
> [Java] add setNull() to FieldVector interface
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> Key: ARROW-17480
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-17480
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Java
> Affects Versions: 9.0.0
> Reporter: Larry White
> Assignee: Larry White
> Priority: Major
> Labels: Java
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> Only three ValueVector types do not implement setNull(): UnionVector,
> DenseUnionVector and NullVector, preventing it from being addable to the
> ValueVector interface and thus requiring a cast when used.
> For NullVector, it could be added as a no-op. For the other two, it could be
> added by having it write a null to a child instead of setting a null in the
> parent. Note that this is similar to the implementation in UnionListWriter.
> See also a similar issue opened for FieldWriter (ARROW-2538), which may be
> closable given the current code base.
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