[ARROW-13579] Expose Create EmptyArray, EmptyRecordBatch and EmptyTable utility functions.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/18778
• Assignee: Ariana Villegas
• Reporter: Alexander Ocsa
• Created: 06/Aug/21 16:49
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:34
• Resolved: 07/Dec/21 13:02

Description

 
Expose Create EmptyArray, EmptyRecordBatch and EmptyTable utility functions.
 
https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/10802#pullrequestreview-724504960
 
https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/eb8f87822042e81ffa2e67fd7a93264d3b92b490/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/vector_selection.cc#L2161

 

> This seems like a very useful utility function. I wonder if we want to put it somewhere more visible. There could be a CreateEmptyRecordBatch and CreateEmptyTable too. Can be done in a follow-up PR.
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Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #11798