[ARROW-6052] [C++] Divide up arrow/array.h,cc into files in arrow/array/ similar to builder files

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/22454
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 26/Jul/19 22:20
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:44
• Resolved: 02/Jun/20 14:54

Description

Since these files are getting larger, this would improve codebase navigability. Probably should use the same naming scheme as builder_* e.g. arrow/array/array_dict.h

I recommend also putting the unit test files related to these in there for better semantic organization.

Issue Links

• is part of: ARROW-7531 [C++] Investigate header cost reduction
• supercedes: ARROW-6493 [C++] Move MakeArrayFromScalar utilities to src/arrow/array/
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #7310