[ARROW-1785] [Format/C++/Java] Remove VectorLayout metadata from Flatbuffers metadata

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0
• Component/s: C++, Format, Java
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/17783
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 09/Nov/17 20:10
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:16
• Resolved: 04/Dec/17 22:52

Description

Based on the discussions on the mailing list, we should remove the VectorLayout metadata from the Flatbuffers spec for 0.8.0 since we are already breaking the metadata. We should instead make the buffer layouts an immutable part of the format specification so there is no ambiguity about what buffers accompany each type of field in an Arrow payload

see also ARROW-1693

Issue Links

• relates to: ARROW-1693 [JS] Error reading dictionary-encoded integration test files
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1297