[ARROW-5920] [Java] Support sort & compare for all variable width vectors

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.15.0
• Component/s: Java
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Liya Fan
• Reporter: Liya Fan
• Created: 12/Jul/19 10:16
• Updated: 01/Aug/19 22:39
• Resolved: 20/Jul/19 05:32

Description

All types of variable-width vector can reuse the same comparator for sorting & searching.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4860