[ARROW-182] [C++] Remove Array::Validate virtual function and make a separate method

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.4.0
• Component/s: C++
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/15533
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Micah Kornfield
• Created: 23/Apr/16 03:21
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:07
• Resolved: 16/May/17 01:37

Description

We should Validate the bitmask is well formed for child arrays (all bits that don't correspond to a slot should be zero). Once the validate method is added we should be able to make the parent classes method virtual to avoid new implementors missing it.

Issue Links

• blocks: ARROW-1014 0.4.0 release