Merge pull request #13 from synnada-ai/record-batch-flags

Add an API for Converting Fields to Nullable

arrow-array/src/record_batch.rs

@@ -656,6 +656,21 @@ impl RecordBatch {
             .sum()
     }
 
+    /// THIS METHOD IS ARAS ONLY
+    ///
+    /// Converts the fields of the batch to nullable.
+    pub fn make_fields_nullable(&mut self) {
+        let fields = self
+            .schema()
+            .fields()
+            .iter()
+            .map(|field| field.as_ref().clone().with_nullable(true)).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        self.schema = Arc::new(Schema::new_with_metadata(
+            fields,
+            self.schema().metadata().clone(),
+        ));
+    }
+
     /// THIS METHOD IS ARAS ONLY
     ///
     /// Gets the metadata_flags of RecordBatch