[ARROW-2184] [C++] Add static constructor for FileOutputStream returning shared_ptr to base OutputStream

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/15669
• Assignee: Panchen Xue
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 20/Feb/18 00:10
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:19
• Resolved: 24/Feb/18 18:17

Description

It would be useful for most IO ctors to return pointers to the base interface that they implement rather than the subclass. Whether we deprecate the current ones will vary on a case by case basis

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1642