[ARROW-2581] [Java] Unify reset() interface for vectors

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.0
• Component/s: Java
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/18961
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Li Jin
• Created: 14/May/18 18:04
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:21
• Resolved: 14/May/18 18:08

Description

Currently, many vectors have "reset()" methods but it's not part of the vector interface and is not implemented by all vectors (e.g. ListVector doesn't have a reset method). I think a similar interface to "clear()" would be a good improvement.