[ARROW-6022] [Java] Support equals API in ValueVector to compare two vectors equal

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.15.0
• Component/s: Java
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/22428
• Assignee: Ji Liu
• Reporter: Ji Liu
• Created: 24/Jul/19 10:11
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:44
• Resolved: 12/Aug/19 08:50

Description

In some case, this feature is useful.

In ARROW-1184, Dictionary#equals not work due to the lack of this API.

Moreover, we already implemented equals(int index, ValueVector target, int targetIndex), so this new added API could reuse it.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4933