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[1/2] arrow git commit: ARROW-676: move from MinorType to FieldType in ValueVectors to carry all the relevant type bits

Repository: arrow
Updated Branches:
  refs/heads/master 96f3d6176 -> 7232e5b5d


http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/TestArrowFile.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/TestArrowFile.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/TestArrowFile.java
index 75e5d2d..a1104ff 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/TestArrowFile.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/TestArrowFile.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.arrow.vector.file;
 
+import static org.apache.arrow.vector.TestUtils.newNullableVarCharVector;
+
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -28,8 +30,6 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
-
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.NullableTinyIntVector;
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.MapVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.NullableMapVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.UnionListWriter;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.dictionary.Dictionary;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.dictionary.DictionaryEncoder;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.dictionary.DictionaryProvider;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.dictionary.DictionaryProvider.MapDictionaryProvider;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.dictionary.DictionaryEncoder;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.ArrowBuffer;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.ArrowMessage;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.ArrowRecordBatch;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.stream.ArrowStreamReader;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.stream.ArrowStreamWriter;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.stream.MessageSerializerTest;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType.Int;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.DictionaryEncoding;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Schema;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.Text;
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+
 public class TestArrowFile extends BaseFileTest {
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestArrowFile.class);
 
@@ -380,8 +382,8 @@ public class TestArrowFile extends BaseFileTest {
 
     // write
     try (BufferAllocator originalVectorAllocator = allocator.newChildAllocator("original vectors", 0, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
-         NullableVarCharVector vector = new NullableVarCharVector("varchar", originalVectorAllocator, null);
-         NullableVarCharVector dictionaryVector = new NullableVarCharVector("dict", originalVectorAllocator, null)) {
+         NullableVarCharVector vector = newNullableVarCharVector("varchar", originalVectorAllocator);
+         NullableVarCharVector dictionaryVector = newNullableVarCharVector("dict", originalVectorAllocator)) {
       vector.allocateNewSafe();
       NullableVarCharVector.Mutator mutator = vector.getMutator();
       mutator.set(0, "foo".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
@@ -483,7 +485,7 @@ public class TestArrowFile extends BaseFileTest {
     // [['foo', 'bar'], ['foo'], ['bar']] -> [[0, 1], [0], [1]]
 
     // write
-    try (NullableVarCharVector dictionaryVector = new NullableVarCharVector("dictionary", allocator, null);
+    try (NullableVarCharVector dictionaryVector = newNullableVarCharVector("dictionary", allocator);
          ListVector listVector = new ListVector("list", allocator, null, null)) {
 
       Dictionary dictionary = new Dictionary(dictionaryVector, encoding);
@@ -495,7 +497,7 @@ public class TestArrowFile extends BaseFileTest {
       dictionaryVector.getMutator().set(1, "bar".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
       dictionaryVector.getMutator().setValueCount(2);
 
-      listVector.addOrGetVector(MinorType.INT, encoding);
+      listVector.addOrGetVector(new FieldType(true, new Int(32, true), encoding));
       listVector.allocateNew();
       UnionListWriter listWriter = new UnionListWriter(listVector);
       listWriter.startList();
@@ -511,7 +513,7 @@ public class TestArrowFile extends BaseFileTest {
       listWriter.setValueCount(3);
 
       List<Field> fields = ImmutableList.of(listVector.getField());
-      List<FieldVector> vectors = ImmutableList.of((FieldVector) listVector);
+      List<FieldVector> vectors = ImmutableList.<FieldVector>of(listVector);
       VectorSchemaRoot root = new VectorSchemaRoot(fields, vectors, 3);
 
       try (

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/TestArrowReaderWriter.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/TestArrowReaderWriter.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/TestArrowReaderWriter.java
index 914dfe4..d00cb0f 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/TestArrowReaderWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/TestArrowReaderWriter.java
@@ -24,11 +24,8 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.nio.channels.Channels;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -38,13 +35,10 @@ import org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.RecordBatch;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.NullableIntVector;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.NullableTinyIntVector;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.TestUtils;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.VectorSchemaRoot;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.ArrowFieldNode;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.ArrowRecordBatch;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Schema;
@@ -78,8 +72,8 @@ public class TestArrowReaderWriter {
   @Test
   public void test() throws IOException {
     Schema schema = new Schema(asList(new Field("testField", true, new ArrowType.Int(8, true), Collections.<Field>emptyList())));
-    MinorType minorType = Types.getMinorTypeForArrowType(schema.getFields().get(0).getType());
-    FieldVector vector = minorType.getNewVector("testField", allocator, null,null);
+    ArrowType type = schema.getFields().get(0).getType();
+    FieldVector vector = TestUtils.newVector(FieldVector.class, "testField", type, allocator);
     vector.initializeChildrenFromFields(schema.getFields().get(0).getChildren());
 
     byte[] validity = new byte[] { (byte) 255, 0};


[2/2] arrow git commit: ARROW-676: move from MinorType to FieldType in ValueVectors to carry all the relevant type bits

Posted by we...@apache.org.
ARROW-676: move from MinorType to FieldType in ValueVectors to carry all the relevant type bits

I'm adding all the Type information to the vector with FieldType.
This avoids losing information and carrying around extra type metadata that can not go in the MinorType enum (for example: decimals' precision and dictionary encoding)

Author: Julien Le Dem <ju...@dremio.com>

Closes #409 from julienledem/minor_field and squashes the following commits:

0407e63 [Julien Le Dem] ARROW-676: move from MinorType to FieldType in ValueVectors to carry all the relevant type bits


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/commit/7232e5b5
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/tree/7232e5b5
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/diff/7232e5b5

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 7232e5b5df64f9dbdc9405798644cd08a6d9db6b
Parents: 96f3d61
Author: Julien Le Dem <ju...@dremio.com>
Authored: Mon Apr 3 18:01:24 2017 -0400
Committer: Wes McKinney <we...@twosigma.com>
Committed: Mon Apr 3 18:01:24 2017 -0400

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 .../org/apache/arrow/tools/EchoServerTest.java  |  55 ++--
 .../vector/src/main/codegen/data/ArrowTypes.tdd |  38 ++-
 .../src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java   |  81 +++++-
 .../src/main/codegen/templates/MapWriters.java  |  10 +-
 .../codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java |  42 ++-
 .../src/main/codegen/templates/UnionVector.java |  20 +-
 .../org/apache/arrow/vector/FieldVector.java    |   3 +-
 .../apache/arrow/vector/VectorSchemaRoot.java   |   6 +-
 .../vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java |  20 +-
 .../arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java |  29 +-
 .../vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java |  11 +-
 .../apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java |  13 +-
 .../apache/arrow/vector/complex/MapVector.java  |   6 +-
 .../arrow/vector/complex/NullableMapVector.java |   1 +
 .../vector/complex/impl/ComplexWriterImpl.java  |   5 +-
 .../vector/complex/impl/PromotableWriter.java   |   5 +-
 .../org/apache/arrow/vector/types/Types.java    | 264 ++++---------------
 .../apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Field.java   |  82 +++---
 .../arrow/vector/types/pojo/FieldType.java      |  60 +++++
 .../apache/arrow/vector/TestDecimalVector.java  |  14 +-
 .../arrow/vector/TestDictionaryVector.java      |  16 +-
 .../java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestUtils.java |  39 +++
 .../apache/arrow/vector/TestValueVector.java    |  15 +-
 .../complex/impl/TestPromotableWriter.java      |   3 +-
 .../apache/arrow/vector/file/TestArrowFile.java |  20 +-
 .../vector/file/TestArrowReaderWriter.java      |  12 +-
 26 files changed, 461 insertions(+), 409 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/tools/EchoServerTest.java
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diff --git a/java/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/tools/EchoServerTest.java b/java/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/tools/EchoServerTest.java
index 5970c57..7d07588 100644
--- a/java/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/tools/EchoServerTest.java
+++ b/java/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/tools/EchoServerTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,19 @@
 
 package org.apache.arrow.tools;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType.TINYINT;
+import static org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType.VARCHAR;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
@@ -39,6 +51,7 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType.Int;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.DictionaryEncoding;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Schema;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.Text;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
@@ -46,17 +59,7 @@ import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.Socket;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 
 public class EchoServerTest {
 
@@ -133,9 +136,12 @@ public class EchoServerTest {
   public void basicTest() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
     BufferAllocator alloc = new RootAllocator(Long.MAX_VALUE);
 
-    Field field = new Field("testField", true, new ArrowType.Int(8, true), Collections
-        .<Field>emptyList());
-    NullableTinyIntVector vector = new NullableTinyIntVector("testField", alloc, null);
+    Field field = new Field(
+        "testField", true,
+        new ArrowType.Int(8, true),
+        Collections.<Field>emptyList());
+    NullableTinyIntVector vector =
+        new NullableTinyIntVector("testField", FieldType.nullable(TINYINT.getType()), alloc);
     Schema schema = new Schema(asList(field));
 
     // Try an empty stream, just the header.
@@ -152,9 +158,16 @@ public class EchoServerTest {
   public void testFlatDictionary() throws IOException {
     DictionaryEncoding writeEncoding = new DictionaryEncoding(1L, false, null);
     try (BufferAllocator allocator = new RootAllocator(Long.MAX_VALUE);
-         NullableIntVector writeVector = new NullableIntVector("varchar", allocator, writeEncoding);
-         NullableVarCharVector writeDictionaryVector = new NullableVarCharVector("dict",
-             allocator, null)) {
+        NullableIntVector writeVector =
+            new NullableIntVector(
+                "varchar",
+                new FieldType(true, MinorType.INT.getType(), writeEncoding),
+                allocator);
+        NullableVarCharVector writeDictionaryVector =
+            new NullableVarCharVector(
+                "dict",
+                FieldType.nullable(VARCHAR.getType()),
+                allocator)) {
       writeVector.allocateNewSafe();
       NullableIntVector.Mutator mutator = writeVector.getMutator();
       mutator.set(0, 0);
@@ -222,8 +235,8 @@ public class EchoServerTest {
   public void testNestedDictionary() throws IOException {
     DictionaryEncoding writeEncoding = new DictionaryEncoding(2L, false, null);
     try (BufferAllocator allocator = new RootAllocator(Long.MAX_VALUE);
-         NullableVarCharVector writeDictionaryVector = new NullableVarCharVector("dictionary",
-             allocator, null);
+         NullableVarCharVector writeDictionaryVector =
+             new NullableVarCharVector("dictionary", FieldType.nullable(VARCHAR.getType()), allocator);
          ListVector writeVector = new ListVector("list", allocator, null, null)) {
 
       // data being written:
@@ -234,7 +247,7 @@ public class EchoServerTest {
       writeDictionaryVector.getMutator().set(1, "bar".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
       writeDictionaryVector.getMutator().setValueCount(2);
 
-      writeVector.addOrGetVector(MinorType.INT, writeEncoding);
+      writeVector.addOrGetVector(new FieldType(true, MinorType.INT.getType(), writeEncoding));
       writeVector.allocateNew();
       UnionListWriter listWriter = new UnionListWriter(writeVector);
       listWriter.startList();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/codegen/data/ArrowTypes.tdd
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/data/ArrowTypes.tdd b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/data/ArrowTypes.tdd
index 67785ad..e1fb5e0 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/data/ArrowTypes.tdd
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/data/ArrowTypes.tdd
@@ -14,59 +14,73 @@
   types: [
     {
       name: "Null",
-      fields: []
+      fields: [],
+      complex: false
     },
     {
       name: "Struct_",
-      fields: []
+      fields: [],
+      complex: true
     },
     {
       name: "List",
-      fields: []
+      fields: [],
+      complex: true
     },
     {
       name: "Union",
-      fields: [{name: "mode", type: short, valueType: UnionMode}, {name: "typeIds", type: "int[]"}]
+      fields: [{name: "mode", type: short, valueType: UnionMode}, {name: "typeIds", type: "int[]"}],
+      complex: true
     },
     {
       name: "Int",
-      fields: [{name: "bitWidth", type: int}, {name: "isSigned", type: boolean}]
+      fields: [{name: "bitWidth", type: int}, {name: "isSigned", type: boolean}],
+      complex: false
     },
     {
       name: "FloatingPoint",
-      fields: [{name: precision, type: short, valueType: FloatingPointPrecision}]
+      fields: [{name: precision, type: short, valueType: FloatingPointPrecision}],
+      complex: false
     },
     {
       name: "Utf8",
-      fields: []
+      fields: [],
+      complex: false
     },
     {
       name: "Binary",
-      fields: []
+      fields: [],
+      complex: false
     },
     {
       name: "Bool",
-      fields: []
+      fields: [],
+      complex: false
     },
     {
       name: "Decimal",
-      fields: [{name: "precision", type: int}, {name: "scale", type: int}]
+      fields: [{name: "precision", type: int}, {name: "scale", type: int}],
+      complex: false
     },
     {
       name: "Date",
       fields: [{name: "unit", type: short, valueType: DateUnit}]
+      complex: false
     },
     {
       name: "Time",
-      fields: [{name: "unit", type: short, valueType: TimeUnit}, {name: "bitWidth", type: int}]
+      fields: [{name: "unit", type: short, valueType: TimeUnit}, {name: "bitWidth", type: int}],
+      complex: false
     },
     {
       name: "Timestamp",
       fields: [{name: "unit", type: short, valueType: TimeUnit}, {name: "timezone", type: String}]
+      complex: false
     },
     {
       name: "Interval",
-      fields: [{name: "unit", type: short, valueType: IntervalUnit}]
+      fields: [{name: "unit", type: short, valueType: IntervalUnit}],
+      complex: false
     }
   ]
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java
index 91cbe98..a9e875a 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java
@@ -50,13 +50,35 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
 })
 public abstract class ArrowType {
 
+  public static abstract class PrimitiveType extends ArrowType {
+
+    private PrimitiveType() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isComplex() {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static abstract class ComplexType extends ArrowType {
+
+    private ComplexType() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isComplex() {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
   public static enum ArrowTypeID {
     <#list arrowTypes.types as type>
     <#assign name = type.name>
     ${name?remove_ending("_")}(Type.${name}),
     </#list>
     NONE(Type.NONE);
-  
+
     private final byte flatbufType;
 
     public byte getFlatbufID() {
@@ -70,6 +92,8 @@ public abstract class ArrowType {
 
   @JsonIgnore
   public abstract ArrowTypeID getTypeID();
+  @JsonIgnore
+  public abstract boolean isComplex();
   public abstract int getType(FlatBufferBuilder builder);
   public abstract <T> T accept(ArrowTypeVisitor<T> visitor);
 
@@ -87,21 +111,56 @@ public abstract class ArrowType {
   </#list>
   }
 
+  /**
+   * to visit the Complex ArrowTypes and bundle Primitive ones in one case
+   */
+  public static abstract class ComplexTypeVisitor<T> implements ArrowTypeVisitor<T> {
+
+    public T visit(PrimitiveType type) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unexpected Primitive type: " + type);
+    }
+
+  <#list arrowTypes.types as type>
+    <#if !type.complex>
+    public final T visit(${type.name?remove_ending("_")} type) {
+      return visit((PrimitiveType) type);
+    }
+    </#if>
+  </#list>
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * to visit the Primitive ArrowTypes and bundle Complex ones under one case
+   */
+  public static abstract class PrimitiveTypeVisitor<T> implements ArrowTypeVisitor<T> {
+
+    public T visit(ComplexType type) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unexpected Complex type: " + type);
+    }
+
+  <#list arrowTypes.types as type>
+    <#if type.complex>
+    public final T visit(${type.name?remove_ending("_")} type) {
+      return visit((ComplexType) type);
+    }
+    </#if>
+  </#list>
+  }
+
   <#list arrowTypes.types as type>
   <#assign name = type.name?remove_ending("_")>
   <#assign fields = type.fields>
-  public static class ${name} extends ArrowType {
+  public static class ${name} extends <#if type.complex>ComplexType<#else>PrimitiveType</#if> {
     public static final ArrowTypeID TYPE_TYPE = ArrowTypeID.${name};
     <#if type.fields?size == 0>
     public static final ${name} INSTANCE = new ${name}();
-    </#if>
+    <#else>
 
     <#list fields as field>
     <#assign fieldType = field.valueType!field.type>
     ${fieldType} ${field.name};
     </#list>
 
-    <#if type.fields?size != 0>
     @JsonCreator
     public ${type.name}(
     <#list type.fields as field>
@@ -113,6 +172,13 @@ public abstract class ArrowType {
       this.${field.name} = ${field.name};
       </#list>
     }
+
+    <#list fields as field>
+    <#assign fieldType = field.valueType!field.type>
+    public ${fieldType} get${field.name?cap_first}() {
+      return ${field.name};
+    }
+    </#list>
     </#if>
 
     @Override
@@ -143,13 +209,6 @@ public abstract class ArrowType {
       return org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.${type.name}.end${type.name}(builder);
     }
 
-    <#list fields as field>
-    <#assign fieldType = field.valueType!field.type>
-    public ${fieldType} get${field.name?cap_first}() {
-      return ${field.name};
-    }
-    </#list>
-
     public String toString() {
       return "${name}"
       <#if fields?size != 0>

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/MapWriters.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/MapWriters.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/MapWriters.java
index 428ce04..d3e6de9 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/MapWriters.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/MapWriters.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class ${mode}MapWriter extends AbstractFieldWriter {
         list(child.getName());
         break;
       case UNION:
-        UnionWriter writer = new UnionWriter(container.addOrGet(child.getName(), MinorType.UNION, UnionVector.class, null), getNullableMapWriterFactory());
+        UnionWriter writer = new UnionWriter(container.addOrGet(child.getName(), FieldType.nullable(MinorType.UNION.getType()), UnionVector.class), getNullableMapWriterFactory());
         fields.put(handleCase(child.getName()), writer);
         break;
 <#list vv.types as type><#list type.minor as minor>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class ${mode}MapWriter extends AbstractFieldWriter {
     FieldWriter writer = fields.get(finalName);
     if(writer == null){
       int vectorCount=container.size();
-      NullableMapVector vector = container.addOrGet(name, MinorType.MAP, NullableMapVector.class, null);
+      NullableMapVector vector = container.addOrGet(name, FieldType.nullable(MinorType.MAP.getType()), NullableMapVector.class);
       writer = new PromotableWriter(vector, container, getNullableMapWriterFactory());
       if(vectorCount != container.size()) {
         writer.allocate();
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public class ${mode}MapWriter extends AbstractFieldWriter {
     FieldWriter writer = fields.get(finalName);
     int vectorCount = container.size();
     if(writer == null) {
-      writer = new PromotableWriter(container.addOrGet(name, MinorType.LIST, ListVector.class, null), container, getNullableMapWriterFactory());
+      writer = new PromotableWriter(container.addOrGet(name, FieldType.nullable(MinorType.LIST.getType()), ListVector.class), container, getNullableMapWriterFactory());
       if (container.size() > vectorCount) {
         writer.allocate();
       }
@@ -222,7 +222,9 @@ public class ${mode}MapWriter extends AbstractFieldWriter {
     if(writer == null) {
       ValueVector vector;
       ValueVector currentVector = container.getChild(name);
-      ${vectName}Vector v = container.addOrGet(name, MinorType.${upperName}, ${vectName}Vector.class, null<#if minor.class == "Decimal"> , new int[] {precision, scale}</#if>);
+      ${vectName}Vector v = container.addOrGet(name, 
+          FieldType.nullable(<#if minor.class == "Decimal">new Decimal(precision, scale)<#else>MinorType.${upperName}.getType()</#if>),
+          ${vectName}Vector.class);
       writer = new PromotableWriter(v, container, getNullableMapWriterFactory());
       vector = v;
       if (currentVector == null || currentVector != vector) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java
index ec2ce79..8e1727c 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java
@@ -64,28 +64,21 @@ public final class ${className} extends BaseDataValueVector implements <#if type
   <#if minor.class == "Decimal">
   private final int precision;
   private final int scale;
+  </#if>
 
-  public ${className}(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, int precision, int scale) {
+  public ${className}(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator) {
     super(name, allocator);
-    values = new ${valuesName}(valuesField, allocator, precision, scale);
-    this.precision = precision;
-    this.scale = scale;
-    mutator = new Mutator();
-    accessor = new Accessor();
-    field = new Field(name, true, new Decimal(precision, scale), dictionary, null);
-    innerVectors = Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.<BufferBacked>asList(
-        bits,
-        values
-    ));
-  }
-  <#else>
-  public ${className}(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary) {
-    super(name, allocator);
-    values = new ${valuesName}(valuesField, allocator);
-    mutator = new Mutator();
-    accessor = new Accessor();
-    ArrowType type = Types.MinorType.${minor.class?upper_case}.getType();
-    field = new Field(name, true, type, dictionary, null);
+    <#if minor.class == "Decimal">
+    Decimal decimal = (Decimal)fieldType.getType();
+    this.precision = decimal.getPrecision();
+    this.scale = decimal.getScale();
+    this.values = new ${valuesName}(valuesField, allocator, precision, scale);
+    <#else>
+    this.values = new ${valuesName}(valuesField, allocator);
+    </#if>
+    this.mutator = new Mutator();
+    this.accessor = new Accessor();
+    this.field = new Field(name, fieldType, null);
     innerVectors = Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.<BufferBacked>asList(
         bits,
         <#if type.major = "VarLen">
@@ -94,7 +87,6 @@ public final class ${className} extends BaseDataValueVector implements <#if type
         values
     ));
   }
-  </#if>
 
   @Override
   public BitVector getValidityVector() {
@@ -341,12 +333,8 @@ public final class ${className} extends BaseDataValueVector implements <#if type
   private class TransferImpl implements TransferPair {
     ${className} to;
 
-    public TransferImpl(String name, BufferAllocator allocator){
-      <#if minor.class == "Decimal">
-      to = new ${className}(name, allocator, field.getDictionary(), precision, scale);
-      <#else>
-      to = new ${className}(name, allocator, field.getDictionary());
-      </#if>
+    public TransferImpl(String ref, BufferAllocator allocator){
+      to = new ${className}(ref, field.getFieldType(), allocator);
     }
 
     public TransferImpl(${className} to){

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionVector.java
index d17935b..797b293 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionVector.java
@@ -119,10 +119,22 @@ public class UnionVector implements FieldVector {
      return this.innerVectors;
   }
 
+  private String fieldName(MinorType type) {
+    return type.name().toLowerCase();
+  }
+
+  private FieldType fieldType(MinorType type) {
+    return new FieldType(true, type.getType(), null);
+  }
+
+  private <T extends FieldVector> T addOrGet(MinorType minorType, Class<T> c) {
+    return internalMap.addOrGet(fieldName(minorType), fieldType(minorType), c);
+  }
+
   public NullableMapVector getMap() {
     if (mapVector == null) {
       int vectorCount = internalMap.size();
-      mapVector = internalMap.addOrGet("map", MinorType.MAP, NullableMapVector.class, null);
+      mapVector = addOrGet(MinorType.MAP, NullableMapVector.class);
       if (internalMap.size() > vectorCount) {
         mapVector.allocateNew();
         if (callBack != null) {
@@ -144,7 +156,7 @@ public class UnionVector implements FieldVector {
   public Nullable${name}Vector get${name}Vector() {
     if (${uncappedName}Vector == null) {
       int vectorCount = internalMap.size();
-      ${uncappedName}Vector = internalMap.addOrGet("${lowerCaseName}", MinorType.${name?upper_case}, Nullable${name}Vector.class, null);
+      ${uncappedName}Vector = addOrGet(MinorType.${name?upper_case}, Nullable${name}Vector.class);
       if (internalMap.size() > vectorCount) {
         ${uncappedName}Vector.allocateNew();
         if (callBack != null) {
@@ -162,7 +174,7 @@ public class UnionVector implements FieldVector {
   public ListVector getList() {
     if (listVector == null) {
       int vectorCount = internalMap.size();
-      listVector = internalMap.addOrGet("list", MinorType.LIST, ListVector.class, null);
+      listVector = addOrGet(MinorType.LIST, ListVector.class);
       if (internalMap.size() > vectorCount) {
         listVector.allocateNew();
         if (callBack != null) {
@@ -267,7 +279,7 @@ public class UnionVector implements FieldVector {
   public FieldVector addVector(FieldVector v) {
     String name = v.getMinorType().name().toLowerCase();
     Preconditions.checkState(internalMap.getChild(name) == null, String.format("%s vector already exists", name));
-    final FieldVector newVector = internalMap.addOrGet(name, v.getMinorType(), v.getClass(), v.getField().getDictionary());
+    final FieldVector newVector = internalMap.addOrGet(name, v.getField().getFieldType(), v.getClass());
     v.makeTransferPair(newVector).transfer();
     internalMap.putChild(name, newVector);
     if (callBack != null) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/FieldVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/FieldVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/FieldVector.java
index 0fdbc48..6c2c830 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/FieldVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/FieldVector.java
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ package org.apache.arrow.vector;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.ArrowFieldNode;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
 
+import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
+
 /**
  * A vector corresponding to a Field in the schema
  * It has inner vectors backed by buffers (validity, offsets, data, ...)

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VectorSchemaRoot.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VectorSchemaRoot.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VectorSchemaRoot.java
index 7e626fb..29b9673 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VectorSchemaRoot.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VectorSchemaRoot.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Schema;
 
@@ -60,9 +58,7 @@ public class VectorSchemaRoot implements AutoCloseable {
   public static VectorSchemaRoot create(Schema schema, BufferAllocator allocator) {
     List<FieldVector> fieldVectors = new ArrayList<>();
     for (Field field : schema.getFields()) {
-      MinorType minorType = Types.getMinorTypeForArrowType(field.getType());
-      FieldVector vector = minorType.getNewVector(field.getName(), allocator, field.getDictionary(), null);
-      vector.initializeChildrenFromFields(field.getChildren());
+      FieldVector vector = field.createVector(allocator);
       fieldVectors.add(vector);
     }
     if (fieldVectors.size() != schema.getFields().size()) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
index 86a5e82..71f2bea 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import org.apache.arrow.memory.OutOfMemoryException;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.DictionaryEncoding;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType.List;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType.Struct;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.CallBack;
 
 /**
@@ -85,12 +87,24 @@ public abstract class AbstractContainerVector implements ValueVector {
   // return the number of child vectors
   public abstract int size();
 
-  // add a new vector with the input MajorType or return the existing vector if we already added one with the same type
-  public abstract <T extends FieldVector> T addOrGet(String name, MinorType minorType, Class<T> clazz, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, int... precisionScale);
+  // add a new vector with the input FieldType or return the existing vector if we already added one with the same name
+  public abstract <T extends FieldVector> T addOrGet(String name, FieldType fieldType, Class<T> clazz);
 
   // return the child vector with the input name
   public abstract <T extends FieldVector> T getChild(String name, Class<T> clazz);
 
   // return the child vector's ordinal in the composite container
   public abstract VectorWithOrdinal getChildVectorWithOrdinal(String name);
+
+  public NullableMapVector addOrGetMap(String name) {
+    return addOrGet(name, FieldType.nullable(new Struct()), NullableMapVector.class);
+  }
+
+  public ListVector addOrGetList(String name) {
+    return addOrGet(name, FieldType.nullable(new List()), ListVector.class);
+  }
+
+  public UnionVector addOrGetUnion(String name) {
+    return addOrGet(name, FieldType.nullable(MinorType.UNION.getType()), UnionVector.class);
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java
index baeeb07..dc833ed 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.DictionaryEncoding;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.CallBack;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.MapWithOrdinal;
 
@@ -102,8 +101,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractMapVector extends AbstractContainerVector {
    *   </li>
    * </ul>
    *
-   * @param name the name of the field
-   * @param minorType the minorType for the vector
+   * @param childName the name of the field
+   * @param fieldType the type for the vector
    * @param clazz class of expected vector type
    * @param <T> class type of expected vector type
    * @throws java.lang.IllegalStateException raised if there is a hard schema change
@@ -111,8 +110,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractMapVector extends AbstractContainerVector {
    * @return resultant {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector}
    */
   @Override
-  public <T extends FieldVector> T addOrGet(String name, MinorType minorType, Class<T> clazz, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, int... precisionScale) {
-    final ValueVector existing = getChild(name);
+  public <T extends FieldVector> T addOrGet(String childName, FieldType fieldType, Class<T> clazz) {
+    final ValueVector existing = getChild(childName);
     boolean create = false;
     if (existing == null) {
       create = true;
@@ -123,9 +122,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractMapVector extends AbstractContainerVector {
       create = true;
     }
     if (create) {
-      final T vector = clazz.cast(minorType.getNewVector(name, allocator, dictionary, callBack, precisionScale));
-      putChild(name, vector);
-      if (callBack!=null) {
+      final T vector = clazz.cast(fieldType.createNewSingleVector(childName, allocator, callBack));
+      putChild(childName, vector);
+      if (callBack != null) {
         callBack.doWork();
       }
       return vector;
@@ -163,14 +162,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractMapVector extends AbstractContainerVector {
     return typeify(v, clazz);
   }
 
-  protected ValueVector add(String name, MinorType minorType, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, int... precisionScale) {
-    final ValueVector existing = getChild(name);
+  protected ValueVector add(String childName, FieldType fieldType) {
+    final ValueVector existing = getChild(childName);
     if (existing != null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Vector already exists: Existing[%s], Requested[%s] ", existing.getClass().getSimpleName(), minorType));
+      throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Vector already exists: Existing[%s], Requested[%s] ", existing.getClass().getSimpleName(), fieldType));
     }
-    FieldVector vector = minorType.getNewVector(name, allocator, dictionary, callBack, precisionScale);
-    putChild(name, vector);
-    if (callBack!=null) {
+    FieldVector vector = fieldType.createNewSingleVector(childName, allocator, callBack);
+    putChild(childName, vector);
+    if (callBack != null) {
       callBack.doWork();
     }
     return vector;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
index eda1f3b..6b240c0 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.UInt4Vector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.ZeroVector;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.DictionaryEncoding;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.CallBack;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.SchemaChangeRuntimeException;
 
@@ -154,10 +153,10 @@ public abstract class BaseRepeatedValueVector extends BaseValueVector implements
     return vector == DEFAULT_DATA_VECTOR ? 0:1;
   }
 
-  public <T extends ValueVector> AddOrGetResult<T> addOrGetVector(MinorType minorType, DictionaryEncoding dictionary) {
+  public <T extends ValueVector> AddOrGetResult<T> addOrGetVector(FieldType fieldType) {
     boolean created = false;
     if (vector instanceof ZeroVector) {
-      vector = minorType.getNewVector(DATA_VECTOR_NAME, allocator, dictionary, callBack);
+      vector = fieldType.createNewSingleVector(DATA_VECTOR_NAME, allocator, callBack);
       // returned vector must have the same field
       created = true;
       if (callBack != null) {
@@ -165,9 +164,9 @@ public abstract class BaseRepeatedValueVector extends BaseValueVector implements
       }
     }
 
-    if (vector.getField().getType().getTypeID() != minorType.getType().getTypeID()) {
+    if (vector.getField().getType().getTypeID() != fieldType.getType().getTypeID()) {
       final String msg = String.format("Inner vector type mismatch. Requested type: [%s], actual type: [%s]",
-          minorType.getType().getTypeID(), vector.getField().getType().getTypeID());
+          fieldType.getType().getTypeID(), vector.getField().getType().getTypeID());
       throw new SchemaChangeRuntimeException(msg);
     }
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java
index 54b051b..d138ca3 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.UnionListWriter;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.reader.FieldReader;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.writer.FieldWriter;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.ArrowFieldNode;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.DictionaryEncoding;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.CallBack;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.JsonStringArrayList;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.TransferPair;
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ public class ListVector extends BaseRepeatedValueVector implements FieldVector {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Lists have only one child. Found: " + children);
     }
     Field field = children.get(0);
-    MinorType minorType = Types.getMinorTypeForArrowType(field.getType());
-    AddOrGetResult<FieldVector> addOrGetVector = addOrGetVector(minorType, field.getDictionary());
+    AddOrGetResult<FieldVector> addOrGetVector = addOrGetVector(field.getFieldType());
     if (!addOrGetVector.isCreated()) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Child vector already existed: " + addOrGetVector.getVector());
     }
@@ -164,11 +163,11 @@ public class ListVector extends BaseRepeatedValueVector implements FieldVector {
 
     public TransferImpl(ListVector to) {
       this.to = to;
-      to.addOrGetVector(vector.getMinorType(), vector.getField().getDictionary());
+      to.addOrGetVector(vector.getField().getFieldType());
       pairs[0] = offsets.makeTransferPair(to.offsets);
       pairs[1] = bits.makeTransferPair(to.bits);
       if (to.getDataVector() instanceof ZeroVector) {
-        to.addOrGetVector(vector.getMinorType(), vector.getField().getDictionary());
+        to.addOrGetVector(vector.getField().getFieldType());
       }
       pairs[2] = getDataVector().makeTransferPair(to.getDataVector());
     }
@@ -241,8 +240,8 @@ public class ListVector extends BaseRepeatedValueVector implements FieldVector {
     return success;
   }
 
-  public <T extends ValueVector> AddOrGetResult<T> addOrGetVector(MinorType minorType, DictionaryEncoding dictionary) {
-    AddOrGetResult<T> result = super.addOrGetVector(minorType, dictionary);
+  public <T extends ValueVector> AddOrGetResult<T> addOrGetVector(FieldType fieldType) {
+    AddOrGetResult<T> result = super.addOrGetVector(fieldType);
     reader = new UnionListReader(this);
     return result;
   }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/MapVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/MapVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/MapVector.java
index cb67537..997a6a3 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/MapVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/MapVector.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.SingleMapReaderImpl;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.reader.FieldReader;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.holders.ComplexHolder;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType.Struct;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ public class MapVector extends AbstractMapVector {
         // (This is similar to what happens in ScanBatch where the children cannot be added till they are
         // read). To take care of this, we ensure that the hashCode of the MaterializedField does not
         // include the hashCode of the children but is based only on MaterializedField$key.
-        final FieldVector newVector = to.addOrGet(child, vector.getMinorType(), vector.getClass(), vector.getField().getDictionary());
+        final FieldVector newVector = to.addOrGet(child, vector.getField().getFieldType(), vector.getClass());
         if (allocate && to.size() != preSize) {
           newVector.allocateNew();
         }
@@ -318,8 +317,7 @@ public class MapVector extends AbstractMapVector {
 
   public void initializeChildrenFromFields(List<Field> children) {
     for (Field field : children) {
-      MinorType minorType = Types.getMinorTypeForArrowType(field.getType());
-      FieldVector vector = (FieldVector)this.add(field.getName(), minorType, field.getDictionary());
+      FieldVector vector = (FieldVector)this.add(field.getName(), field.getFieldType());
       vector.initializeChildrenFromFields(field.getChildren());
     }
   }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NullableMapVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NullableMapVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NullableMapVector.java
index de1d185..7fe35e8 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NullableMapVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NullableMapVector.java
@@ -270,4 +270,5 @@ public class NullableMapVector extends MapVector implements FieldVector {
   public Mutator getMutator() {
     return mutator;
   }
+
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/ComplexWriterImpl.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/ComplexWriterImpl.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/ComplexWriterImpl.java
index 6d05316..6851d6d 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/ComplexWriterImpl.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/ComplexWriterImpl.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.MapVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.NullableMapVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.StateTool;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.writer.BaseWriter.ComplexWriter;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ public class ComplexWriterImpl extends AbstractFieldWriter implements ComplexWri
 
     case INIT:
       // TODO allow dictionaries in complex types
-      NullableMapVector map = container.addOrGet(name, MinorType.MAP, NullableMapVector.class, null);
+      NullableMapVector map = container.addOrGetMap(name);
       mapRoot = nullableMapWriterFactory.build(map);
       mapRoot.setPosition(idx());
       mode = Mode.MAP;
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ public class ComplexWriterImpl extends AbstractFieldWriter implements ComplexWri
     case INIT:
       int vectorCount = container.size();
       // TODO allow dictionaries in complex types
-      ListVector listVector = container.addOrGet(name, MinorType.LIST, ListVector.class, null);
+      ListVector listVector = container.addOrGetList(name);
       if (container.size() > vectorCount) {
         listVector.allocateNew();
       }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/PromotableWriter.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/PromotableWriter.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/PromotableWriter.java
index 1880c9b..d16718e 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/PromotableWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/PromotableWriter.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.UnionVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.writer.FieldWriter;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.TransferPair;
 
 /**
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public class PromotableWriter extends AbstractPromotableFieldWriter {
         // ???
         return null;
       }
-      ValueVector v = listVector.addOrGetVector(type, null).getVector();
+      ValueVector v = listVector.addOrGetVector(FieldType.nullable(type.getType())).getVector();
       v.allocateNew();
       setWriter(v);
       writer.setPosition(position);
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ public class PromotableWriter extends AbstractPromotableFieldWriter {
     tp.transfer();
     if (parentContainer != null) {
       // TODO allow dictionaries in complex types
-      unionVector = parentContainer.addOrGet(name, MinorType.UNION, UnionVector.class, null);
+      unionVector = parentContainer.addOrGetUnion(name);
       unionVector.allocateNew();
     } else if (listVector != null) {
       unionVector = listVector.promoteToUnion();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/Types.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/Types.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/Types.java
index 2f07023..f07bb58 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/Types.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/Types.java
@@ -92,45 +92,15 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType.Time;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType.Timestamp;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType.Union;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType.Utf8;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.DictionaryEncoding;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.CallBack;
 
 public class Types {
 
-  private static final Field NULL_FIELD = new Field("", true, Null.INSTANCE, null);
-  private static final Field TINYINT_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Int(8, true), null);
-  private static final Field SMALLINT_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Int(16, true), null);
-  private static final Field INT_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Int(32, true), null);
-  private static final Field BIGINT_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Int(64, true), null);
-  private static final Field UINT1_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Int(8, false), null);
-  private static final Field UINT2_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Int(16, false), null);
-  private static final Field UINT4_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Int(32, false), null);
-  private static final Field UINT8_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Int(64, false), null);
-  private static final Field DATE_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Date(DateUnit.MILLISECOND), null);
-  private static final Field TIME_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Time(TimeUnit.MILLISECOND, 32), null);
-  private static final Field TIMESTAMPSEC_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Timestamp(TimeUnit.SECOND, "UTC"), null);
-  private static final Field TIMESTAMPMILLI_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Timestamp(TimeUnit.MILLISECOND, "UTC"), null);
-  private static final Field TIMESTAMPMICRO_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Timestamp(TimeUnit.MICROSECOND, "UTC"), null);
-  private static final Field TIMESTAMPNANO_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Timestamp(TimeUnit.NANOSECOND, "UTC"), null);
-  private static final Field INTERVALDAY_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Interval(IntervalUnit.DAY_TIME), null);
-  private static final Field INTERVALYEAR_FIELD = new Field("", true, new Interval(IntervalUnit.YEAR_MONTH), null);
-  private static final Field FLOAT4_FIELD = new Field("", true, new FloatingPoint(FloatingPointPrecision.SINGLE), null);
-  private static final Field FLOAT8_FIELD = new Field("", true, new FloatingPoint(FloatingPointPrecision.DOUBLE), null);
-  private static final Field VARCHAR_FIELD = new Field("", true, Utf8.INSTANCE, null);
-  private static final Field VARBINARY_FIELD = new Field("", true, Binary.INSTANCE, null);
-  private static final Field BIT_FIELD = new Field("", true, Bool.INSTANCE, null);
-
-
   public enum MinorType {
     NULL(Null.INSTANCE) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return NULL_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
         return ZeroVector.INSTANCE;
       }
 
@@ -141,13 +111,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     MAP(Struct.INSTANCE) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot get simple field for Map type");
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-         return new NullableMapVector(name, allocator, dictionary, callBack);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableMapVector(name, allocator, fieldType.getDictionary(), schemaChangeCallback);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -157,13 +122,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     TINYINT(new Int(8, true)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return TINYINT_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableTinyIntVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableTinyIntVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -173,13 +133,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     SMALLINT(new Int(16, true)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return SMALLINT_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableSmallIntVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableSmallIntVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -189,13 +144,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     INT(new Int(32, true)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return INT_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableIntVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableIntVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -205,13 +155,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     BIGINT(new Int(64, true)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return BIGINT_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableBigIntVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableBigIntVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -221,13 +166,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     DATE(new Date(DateUnit.MILLISECOND)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return DATE_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableDateVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableDateVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -237,13 +177,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     TIME(new Time(TimeUnit.MILLISECOND, 32)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return TIME_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableTimeVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableTimeVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -254,13 +189,8 @@ public class Types {
     // time in second from the Unix epoch, 00:00:00.000000 on 1 January 1970, UTC.
     TIMESTAMPSEC(new Timestamp(org.apache.arrow.vector.types.TimeUnit.SECOND, "UTC")) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return TIMESTAMPSEC_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableTimeStampSecVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableTimeStampSecVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -271,13 +201,8 @@ public class Types {
     // time in millis from the Unix epoch, 00:00:00.000 on 1 January 1970, UTC.
     TIMESTAMPMILLI(new Timestamp(org.apache.arrow.vector.types.TimeUnit.MILLISECOND, "UTC")) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return TIMESTAMPMILLI_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableTimeStampMilliVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableTimeStampMilliVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -288,13 +213,8 @@ public class Types {
     // time in microsecond from the Unix epoch, 00:00:00.000000 on 1 January 1970, UTC.
     TIMESTAMPMICRO(new Timestamp(org.apache.arrow.vector.types.TimeUnit.MICROSECOND, "UTC")) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return TIMESTAMPMICRO_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableTimeStampMicroVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableTimeStampMicroVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -305,13 +225,8 @@ public class Types {
     // time in nanosecond from the Unix epoch, 00:00:00.000000000 on 1 January 1970, UTC.
     TIMESTAMPNANO(new Timestamp(org.apache.arrow.vector.types.TimeUnit.NANOSECOND, "UTC")) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return TIMESTAMPNANO_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableTimeStampNanoVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableTimeStampNanoVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -321,13 +236,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     INTERVALDAY(new Interval(IntervalUnit.DAY_TIME)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return INTERVALDAY_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableIntervalDayVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableIntervalDayVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -337,13 +247,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     INTERVALYEAR(new Interval(IntervalUnit.YEAR_MONTH)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return INTERVALYEAR_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableIntervalDayVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableIntervalYearVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -354,13 +259,8 @@ public class Types {
     //  4 byte ieee 754
     FLOAT4(new FloatingPoint(SINGLE)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return FLOAT4_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableFloat4Vector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableFloat4Vector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -371,13 +271,8 @@ public class Types {
     //  8 byte ieee 754
     FLOAT8(new FloatingPoint(DOUBLE)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return FLOAT8_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableFloat8Vector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableFloat8Vector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -387,13 +282,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     BIT(Bool.INSTANCE) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return BIT_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableBitVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableBitVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -403,13 +293,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     VARCHAR(Utf8.INSTANCE) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return VARCHAR_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableVarCharVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableVarCharVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -419,13 +304,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     VARBINARY(Binary.INSTANCE) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return VARBINARY_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableVarBinaryVector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableVarBinaryVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -438,14 +318,10 @@ public class Types {
       public ArrowType getType() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot get simple type for Decimal type");
       }
-      @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot get simple field for Decimal type");
-      }
 
       @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableDecimalVector(name, allocator, dictionary, precisionScale[0], precisionScale[1]);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableDecimalVector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -455,13 +331,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     UINT1(new Int(8, false)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return UINT1_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableUInt1Vector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableUInt1Vector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -471,13 +342,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     UINT2(new Int(16, false)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return UINT2_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableUInt2Vector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableUInt2Vector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -487,13 +353,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     UINT4(new Int(32, false)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return UINT4_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableUInt4Vector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableUInt4Vector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -503,13 +364,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     UINT8(new Int(64, false)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        return UINT8_FIELD;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new NullableUInt8Vector(name, allocator, dictionary);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new NullableUInt8Vector(name, fieldType, allocator);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -519,13 +375,8 @@ public class Types {
     },
     LIST(List.INSTANCE) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot get simple field for List type");
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        return new ListVector(name, allocator, dictionary, callBack);
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        return new ListVector(name, allocator, fieldType.getDictionary(), schemaChangeCallback);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -535,16 +386,11 @@ public class Types {
     },
     UNION(new Union(Sparse, null)) {
       @Override
-      public Field getField() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot get simple field for Union type");
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale) {
-        if (dictionary != null) {
+      public FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
+        if (fieldType.getDictionary() != null) {
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Dictionary encoding not supported for complex types");
         }
-        return new UnionVector(name, allocator, callBack);
+        return new UnionVector(name, allocator, schemaChangeCallback);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -563,9 +409,7 @@ public class Types {
       return type;
     }
 
-    public abstract Field getField();
-
-    public abstract FieldVector getNewVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, CallBack callBack, int... precisionScale);
+    public abstract FieldVector getNewVector(String name, FieldType fieldType, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback);
 
     public abstract FieldWriter getNewFieldWriter(ValueVector vector);
   }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Field.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Field.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Field.java
index 011f0e6..05eb9cd 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Field.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Field.java
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.TypeLayout;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.VectorLayout;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType.Int;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
@@ -41,10 +40,17 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.flatbuffers.FlatBufferBuilder;
 
 public class Field {
+
+  public static Field nullablePrimitive(String name, ArrowType.PrimitiveType type) {
+    return nullable(name, type);
+  }
+
+  public static Field nullable(String name, ArrowType type) {
+    return new Field(name, true, type, null, null);
+  }
+
   private final String name;
-  private final boolean nullable;
-  private final ArrowType type;
-  private final DictionaryEncoding dictionary;
+  private final FieldType fieldType;
   private final List<Field> children;
   private final TypeLayout typeLayout;
 
@@ -56,29 +62,31 @@ public class Field {
       @JsonProperty("dictionary") DictionaryEncoding dictionary,
       @JsonProperty("children") List<Field> children,
       @JsonProperty("typeLayout") TypeLayout typeLayout) {
+    this(name, new FieldType(nullable, type, dictionary), children, typeLayout);
+  }
+
+  private Field(String name, FieldType fieldType, List<Field> children, TypeLayout typeLayout) {
+    super();
     this.name = name;
-    this.nullable = nullable;
-    this.type = checkNotNull(type);
-    this.dictionary = dictionary;
-    if (children == null) {
-      this.children = ImmutableList.of();
-    } else {
-      this.children = children;
-    }
+    this.fieldType = checkNotNull(fieldType);
+    this.children = children == null ? ImmutableList.<Field>of() : children;
     this.typeLayout = checkNotNull(typeLayout);
   }
 
+  public Field(String name, FieldType fieldType, List<Field> children) {
+    this(name, fieldType, children, TypeLayout.getTypeLayout(fieldType.getType()));
+  }
+
   public Field(String name, boolean nullable, ArrowType type, List<Field> children) {
-    this(name, nullable, type, null, children, TypeLayout.getTypeLayout(checkNotNull(type)));
+    this(name, nullable, type, null, children);
   }
 
   public Field(String name, boolean nullable, ArrowType type, DictionaryEncoding dictionary, List<Field> children) {
-    this(name, nullable, type, dictionary, children, TypeLayout.getTypeLayout(checkNotNull(type)));
+    this(name, new FieldType(nullable, type, dictionary), children);
   }
 
   public FieldVector createVector(BufferAllocator allocator) {
-    MinorType minorType = Types.getMinorTypeForArrowType(type);
-    FieldVector vector = minorType.getNewVector(name, allocator, dictionary, null);
+    FieldVector vector = fieldType.createNewSingleVector(name, allocator, null);
     vector.initializeChildrenFromFields(children);
     return vector;
   }
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ public class Field {
   }
 
   public void validate() {
-    TypeLayout expectedLayout = TypeLayout.getTypeLayout(type);
+    TypeLayout expectedLayout = TypeLayout.getTypeLayout(getType());
     if (!expectedLayout.equals(typeLayout)) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Deserialized field does not match expected vectors. expected: " + expectedLayout + " got " + typeLayout);
     }
@@ -118,8 +126,9 @@ public class Field {
 
   public int getField(FlatBufferBuilder builder) {
     int nameOffset = name == null ? -1 : builder.createString(name);
-    int typeOffset = type.getType(builder);
+    int typeOffset = getType().getType(builder);
     int dictionaryOffset = -1;
+    DictionaryEncoding dictionary = getDictionary();
     if (dictionary != null) {
       int dictionaryType = dictionary.getIndexType().getType(builder);
       org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.DictionaryEncoding.startDictionaryEncoding(builder);
@@ -143,8 +152,8 @@ public class Field {
     if (name != null) {
       org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.Field.addName(builder, nameOffset);
     }
-    org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.Field.addNullable(builder, nullable);
-    org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.Field.addTypeType(builder, type.getTypeID().getFlatbufID());
+    org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.Field.addNullable(builder, isNullable());
+    org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.Field.addTypeType(builder, getType().getTypeID().getFlatbufID());
     org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.Field.addType(builder, typeOffset);
     org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.Field.addChildren(builder, childrenOffset);
     org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.Field.addLayout(builder, layoutOffset);
@@ -159,15 +168,22 @@ public class Field {
   }
 
   public boolean isNullable() {
-    return nullable;
+    return fieldType.isNullable();
   }
 
   public ArrowType getType() {
-    return type;
+    return fieldType.getType();
+  }
+
+  @JsonIgnore
+  public FieldType getFieldType() {
+    return fieldType;
   }
 
   @JsonInclude(Include.NON_NULL)
-  public DictionaryEncoding getDictionary() { return dictionary; }
+  public DictionaryEncoding getDictionary() {
+    return fieldType.getDictionary();
+  }
 
   public List<Field> getChildren() {
     return children;
@@ -179,7 +195,7 @@ public class Field {
 
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
-    return Objects.hash(name, nullable, type, dictionary, children);
+    return Objects.hash(name, isNullable(), getType(), getDictionary(), children);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -189,10 +205,10 @@ public class Field {
     }
     Field that = (Field) obj;
     return Objects.equals(this.name, that.name) &&
-           Objects.equals(this.nullable, that.nullable) &&
-           Objects.equals(this.type, that.type) &&
-           Objects.equals(this.dictionary, that.dictionary) &&
-           Objects.equals(this.children, that.children);
+            Objects.equals(this.isNullable(), that.isNullable()) &&
+            Objects.equals(this.getType(), that.getType()) &&
+           Objects.equals(this.getDictionary(), that.getDictionary()) &&
+            Objects.equals(this.children, that.children);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -201,14 +217,14 @@ public class Field {
     if (name != null) {
       sb.append(name).append(": ");
     }
-    sb.append(type);
-    if (dictionary != null) {
-      sb.append("[dictionary: ").append(dictionary.getId()).append("]");
+    sb.append(getType());
+    if (getDictionary() != null) {
+      sb.append("[dictionary: ").append(getDictionary().getId()).append("]");
     }
     if (!children.isEmpty()) {
       sb.append("<").append(Joiner.on(", ").join(children)).append(">");
     }
-    if (!nullable) {
+    if (!isNullable()) {
       sb.append(" not null");
     }
     return sb.toString();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/FieldType.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/FieldType.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/FieldType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe99e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/FieldType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.CallBack;
+
+public class FieldType {
+
+  public static FieldType nullable(ArrowType type) {
+    return new FieldType(true, type, null);
+  }
+
+  private final boolean nullable;
+  private final ArrowType type;
+  private final DictionaryEncoding dictionary;
+
+  public FieldType(boolean nullable, ArrowType type, DictionaryEncoding dictionary) {
+    super();
+    this.nullable = nullable;
+    this.type = checkNotNull(type);
+    this.dictionary = dictionary;
+  }
+
+  public boolean isNullable() {
+    return nullable;
+  }
+  public ArrowType getType() {
+    return type;
+  }
+  public DictionaryEncoding getDictionary() {
+    return dictionary;
+  }
+
+  public FieldVector createNewSingleVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaCallBack) {
+    MinorType minorType = Types.getMinorTypeForArrowType(type);
+    return minorType.getNewVector(name, this, allocator, schemaCallBack);
+  }
+
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestDecimalVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestDecimalVector.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestDecimalVector.java
index 20f4aa8..ee7530c 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestDecimalVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestDecimalVector.java
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@
  */
 package org.apache.arrow.vector;
 
-import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
-import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.writer.BaseWriter.MapWriter;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.DecimalUtility;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
+import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.DecimalUtility;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class TestDecimalVector {
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class TestDecimalVector {
   @Test
   public void test() {
     BufferAllocator allocator = new RootAllocator(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
-    NullableDecimalVector decimalVector = new NullableDecimalVector("decimal", allocator, null, 10, scale);
+    NullableDecimalVector decimalVector = TestUtils.newVector(NullableDecimalVector.class, "decimal", new ArrowType.Decimal(10, scale), allocator);
     decimalVector.allocateNew();
     BigDecimal[] values = new BigDecimal[intValues.length];
     for (int i = 0; i < intValues.length; i++) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestDictionaryVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestDictionaryVector.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestDictionaryVector.java
index e3087ef..3bf3b1c 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestDictionaryVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestDictionaryVector.java
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@
  */
 package org.apache.arrow.vector;
 
+import static org.apache.arrow.vector.TestUtils.newNullableVarCharVector;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.dictionary.DictionaryEncoder;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.dictionary.Dictionary;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.dictionary.DictionaryEncoder;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.DictionaryEncoding;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
 public class TestDictionaryVector {
 
   private BufferAllocator allocator;
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ public class TestDictionaryVector {
   @Test
   public void testEncodeStrings() {
     // Create a new value vector
-    try (final NullableVarCharVector vector = (NullableVarCharVector) MinorType.VARCHAR.getNewVector("foo", allocator, null, null);
-         final NullableVarCharVector dictionaryVector = (NullableVarCharVector) MinorType.VARCHAR.getNewVector("dict", allocator, null, null)) {
+    try (final NullableVarCharVector vector = newNullableVarCharVector("foo", allocator);
+         final NullableVarCharVector dictionaryVector = newNullableVarCharVector("dict", allocator);) {
       final NullableVarCharVector.Mutator m = vector.getMutator();
       vector.allocateNew(512, 5);
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestUtils.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestUtils.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b79f2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.arrow.vector;
+
+import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
+
+public class TestUtils {
+
+  public static NullableVarCharVector newNullableVarCharVector(String name, BufferAllocator allocator) {
+    return (NullableVarCharVector)FieldType.nullable(new ArrowType.Utf8()).createNewSingleVector(name, allocator, null);
+  }
+
+  public static <T> T newVector(Class<T> c, String name, ArrowType type, BufferAllocator allocator) {
+    return c.cast(FieldType.nullable(type).createNewSingleVector(name, allocator, null));
+  }
+
+  public static <T> T newVector(Class<T> c, String name, MinorType type, BufferAllocator allocator) {
+    return c.cast(FieldType.nullable(type.getType()).createNewSingleVector(name, allocator, null));
+  }
+
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestValueVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestValueVector.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestValueVector.java
index 6917638..78ca14d 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestValueVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestValueVector.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.arrow.vector;
 
+import static org.apache.arrow.vector.TestUtils.newNullableVarCharVector;
+import static org.apache.arrow.vector.TestUtils.newVector;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.TypeLayout;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ public class TestValueVector {
   public void testNullableVarLen2() {
 
     // Create a new value vector for 1024 integers.
-    try (final NullableVarCharVector vector = new NullableVarCharVector(EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, allocator, null)) {
+    try (final NullableVarCharVector vector = newNullableVarCharVector(EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, allocator)) {
       final NullableVarCharVector.Mutator m = vector.getMutator();
       vector.allocateNew(1024 * 10, 1024);
 
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ public class TestValueVector {
   public void testNullableFixedType() {
 
     // Create a new value vector for 1024 integers.
-    try (final NullableUInt4Vector vector = new NullableUInt4Vector(EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, allocator, null)) {
+    try (final NullableUInt4Vector vector = newVector(NullableUInt4Vector.class, EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, new ArrowType.Int(32, false), allocator);) {
       final NullableUInt4Vector.Mutator m = vector.getMutator();
       vector.allocateNew(1024);
 
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ public class TestValueVector {
   @Test
   public void testNullableFloat() {
     // Create a new value vector for 1024 integers
-    try (final NullableFloat4Vector vector = (NullableFloat4Vector) MinorType.FLOAT4.getNewVector(EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, allocator, null, null)) {
+    try (final NullableFloat4Vector vector = newVector(NullableFloat4Vector.class, EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, MinorType.FLOAT4, allocator);) {
       final NullableFloat4Vector.Mutator m = vector.getMutator();
       vector.allocateNew(1024);
 
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@ public class TestValueVector {
   @Test
   public void testNullableInt() {
     // Create a new value vector for 1024 integers
-    try (final NullableIntVector vector = (NullableIntVector) MinorType.INT.getNewVector(EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, allocator, null, null)) {
+    try (final NullableIntVector vector = newVector(NullableIntVector.class, EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, MinorType.INT, allocator)) {
       final NullableIntVector.Mutator m = vector.getMutator();
       vector.allocateNew(1024);
 
@@ -403,7 +406,7 @@ public class TestValueVector {
   @Test
   public void testReAllocNullableFixedWidthVector() {
     // Create a new value vector for 1024 integers
-    try (final NullableFloat4Vector vector = (NullableFloat4Vector) MinorType.FLOAT4.getNewVector(EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, allocator, null, null)) {
+    try (final NullableFloat4Vector vector = newVector(NullableFloat4Vector.class, EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, MinorType.FLOAT4, allocator)) {
       final NullableFloat4Vector.Mutator m = vector.getMutator();
       vector.allocateNew(1024);
 
@@ -436,7 +439,7 @@ public class TestValueVector {
   @Test
   public void testReAllocNullableVariableWidthVector() {
     // Create a new value vector for 1024 integers
-    try (final NullableVarCharVector vector = (NullableVarCharVector) MinorType.VARCHAR.getNewVector(EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, allocator, null, null)) {
+    try (final NullableVarCharVector vector = newVector(NullableVarCharVector.class, EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, MinorType.VARCHAR, allocator)) {
       final NullableVarCharVector.Mutator m = vector.getMutator();
       vector.allocateNew();
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/7232e5b5/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/TestPromotableWriter.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/TestPromotableWriter.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/TestPromotableWriter.java
index 2b49d8e..65b193c 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/TestPromotableWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/TestPromotableWriter.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.MapVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.NullableMapVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.UnionVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.writer.BaseWriter.MapWriter;
-import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.ArrowType.ArrowTypeID;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ public class TestPromotableWriter {
   public void testPromoteToUnion() throws Exception {
 
     try (final MapVector container = new MapVector(EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, allocator, null);
-         final NullableMapVector v = container.addOrGet("test", MinorType.MAP, NullableMapVector.class, null);
+         final NullableMapVector v = container.addOrGetMap("test");
          final PromotableWriter writer = new PromotableWriter(v, container)) {
 
       container.allocateNew();