[GitHub] [arrow-rs] viirya commented on a diff in pull request #4447: Simplify ffi import/export

["viirya (via GitHub)" <gi...@apache.org>]

viirya commented on code in PR #4447:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/4447#discussion_r1242493617


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arrow/src/ffi.rs:
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@@ -222,41 +221,69 @@ unsafe fn create_buffer(
         .map(|ptr| Buffer::from_custom_allocation(ptr, len, owner))
 }
 
-pub trait ArrowArrayRef {
-    fn to_data(&self) -> Result<ArrayData> {
-        let data_type = self.data_type()?;
-        let len = self.array().len();
-        let offset = self.array().offset();
-        let null_count = self.array().null_count();
+/// Export to the C Data Interface
+pub fn to_ffi(data: &ArrayData) -> Result<(FFI_ArrowArray, FFI_ArrowSchema)> {
+    let array = FFI_ArrowArray::new(data);
+    let schema = FFI_ArrowSchema::try_from(data.data_type())?;
+    Ok((array, schema))
+}
+
+/// Import [ArrayData] from the C Data Interface
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// This struct assumes that the incoming data agrees with the C data interface.
+pub fn from_ffi(array: FFI_ArrowArray, schema: &FFI_ArrowSchema) -> Result<ArrayData> {

Review Comment:
   Hmm, who is going to maintain `FFI_ArrowArray` ownership? Looks like in `Cursor` it only keeps reference to it?



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