ListVector.java

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package org.apache.arrow.vector.complex;

import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
import static org.apache.arrow.memory.util.LargeMemoryUtil.capAtMaxInt;
import static org.apache.arrow.memory.util.LargeMemoryUtil.checkedCastToInt;
import static org.apache.arrow.util.Preconditions.checkArgument;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.arrow.memory.ArrowBuf;
import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
import org.apache.arrow.memory.OutOfMemoryException;
import org.apache.arrow.memory.util.ArrowBufPointer;
import org.apache.arrow.memory.util.ByteFunctionHelpers;
import org.apache.arrow.memory.util.CommonUtil;
import org.apache.arrow.memory.util.hash.ArrowBufHasher;
import org.apache.arrow.util.Preconditions;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.AddOrGetResult;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.BitVectorHelper;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.BufferBacked;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueIterableVector;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.ZeroVector;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.compare.VectorVisitor;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.ComplexCopier;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.UnionListReader;
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.ipc.message.ArrowFieldNode;
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.FieldType;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.CallBack;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.JsonStringArrayList;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.OversizedAllocationException;
import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.TransferPair;

/**
 * A list vector contains lists of a specific type of elements. Its structure contains 3 elements.
 *
 * <ol>
 *   <li>A validity buffer.
 *   <li>An offset buffer, that denotes lists boundaries.
 *   <li>A child data vector that contains the elements of lists.
 * </ol>
 *
 * The latter two are managed by its superclass.
 */
public class ListVector extends BaseRepeatedValueVector
    implements PromotableVector, ValueIterableVector<List<?>> {

  public static ListVector empty(String name, BufferAllocator allocator) {
    return new ListVector(name, allocator, FieldType.nullable(ArrowType.List.INSTANCE), null);
  }

  protected ArrowBuf validityBuffer;
  protected UnionListReader reader;
  private CallBack callBack;
  protected Field field;
  protected int validityAllocationSizeInBytes;

  /** The maximum index that is actually set. */
  protected int lastSet;

  /**
   * Constructs a new instance.
   *
   * @param name The name of the instance.
   * @param allocator The allocator to use for allocating/reallocating buffers.
   * @param fieldType The type of this list.
   * @param callBack A schema change callback.
   */
  public ListVector(
      String name, BufferAllocator allocator, FieldType fieldType, CallBack callBack) {
    this(new Field(name, fieldType, null), allocator, callBack);
  }

  /**
   * Constructs a new instance.
   *
   * @param field The field materialized by this vector.
   * @param allocator The allocator to use for allocating/reallocating buffers.
   * @param callBack A schema change callback.
   */
  public ListVector(Field field, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack callBack) {
    super(field.getName(), allocator, callBack);
    this.validityBuffer = allocator.getEmpty();
    this.field = field;
    this.callBack = callBack;
    this.validityAllocationSizeInBytes = getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(INITIAL_VALUE_ALLOCATION);
    this.lastSet = -1;
  }

  @Override
  public void initializeChildrenFromFields(List<Field> children) {
    checkArgument(
        children.size() == 1,
        "Lists have one child Field. Found: %s",
        children.isEmpty() ? "none" : children);

    Field field = children.get(0);
    AddOrGetResult<FieldVector> addOrGetVector = addOrGetVector(field.getFieldType());
    checkArgument(
        addOrGetVector.isCreated(), "Child vector already existed: %s", addOrGetVector.getVector());

    addOrGetVector.getVector().initializeChildrenFromFields(field.getChildren());
    this.field = new Field(this.field.getName(), this.field.getFieldType(), children);
  }

  @Override
  public void setInitialCapacity(int numRecords) {
    validityAllocationSizeInBytes = getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(numRecords);
    super.setInitialCapacity(numRecords);
  }

  /**
   * Specialized version of setInitialCapacity() for ListVector. This is used by some callers when
   * they want to explicitly control and be conservative about memory allocated for inner data
   * vector. This is very useful when we are working with memory constraints for a query and have a
   * fixed amount of memory reserved for the record batch. In such cases, we are likely to face OOM
   * or related problems when we reserve memory for a record batch with value count x and do
   * setInitialCapacity(x) such that each vector allocates only what is necessary and not the
   * default amount but the multiplier forces the memory requirement to go beyond what was needed.
   *
   * @param numRecords value count
   * @param density density of ListVector. Density is the average size of list per position in the
   *     List vector. For example, a density value of 10 implies each position in the list vector
   *     has a list of 10 values. A density value of 0.1 implies out of 10 positions in the list
   *     vector, 1 position has a list of size 1 and remaining positions are null (no lists) or
   *     empty lists. This helps in tightly controlling the memory we provision for inner data
   *     vector.
   */
  @Override
  public void setInitialCapacity(int numRecords, double density) {
    validityAllocationSizeInBytes = getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(numRecords);
    super.setInitialCapacity(numRecords, density);
  }

  /**
   * Specialized version of setInitialTotalCapacity() for ListVector. This is used by some callers
   * when they want to explicitly control and be conservative about memory allocated for inner data
   * vector. This is very useful when we are working with memory constraints for a query and have a
   * fixed amount of memory reserved for the record batch. In such cases, we are likely to face OOM
   * or related problems when we reserve memory for a record batch with value count x and do
   * setInitialCapacity(x) such that each vector allocates only what is necessary and not the
   * default amount but the multiplier forces the memory requirement to go beyond what was needed.
   *
   * @param numRecords value count
   * @param totalNumberOfElements the total number of elements to to allow for in this vector across
   *     all records.
   */
  @Override
  public void setInitialTotalCapacity(int numRecords, int totalNumberOfElements) {
    validityAllocationSizeInBytes = getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(numRecords);
    super.setInitialTotalCapacity(numRecords, totalNumberOfElements);
  }

  /**
   * Get the density of this ListVector.
   *
   * @return density
   */
  public double getDensity() {
    if (valueCount == 0) {
      return 0.0D;
    }
    final int startOffset = offsetBuffer.getInt(0);
    final int endOffset = offsetBuffer.getInt(valueCount * OFFSET_WIDTH);
    final double totalListSize = endOffset - startOffset;
    return totalListSize / valueCount;
  }

  @Override
  public List<FieldVector> getChildrenFromFields() {
    return singletonList(getDataVector());
  }

  /**
   * Load the buffers of this vector with provided source buffers. The caller manages the source
   * buffers and populates them before invoking this method.
   *
   * @param fieldNode the fieldNode indicating the value count
   * @param ownBuffers the buffers for this Field (own buffers only, children not included)
   */
  @Override
  public void loadFieldBuffers(ArrowFieldNode fieldNode, List<ArrowBuf> ownBuffers) {
    if (ownBuffers.size() != 2) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
          "Illegal buffer count, expected " + 2 + ", got: " + ownBuffers.size());
    }

    ArrowBuf bitBuffer = ownBuffers.get(0);
    ArrowBuf offBuffer = ownBuffers.get(1);

    validityBuffer.getReferenceManager().release();
    validityBuffer = BitVectorHelper.loadValidityBuffer(fieldNode, bitBuffer, allocator);
    offsetBuffer.getReferenceManager().release();
    offsetBuffer = offBuffer.getReferenceManager().retain(offBuffer, allocator);

    validityAllocationSizeInBytes = checkedCastToInt(validityBuffer.capacity());
    offsetAllocationSizeInBytes = offsetBuffer.capacity();

    lastSet = fieldNode.getLength() - 1;
    valueCount = fieldNode.getLength();
  }

  /**
   * Get the buffers belonging to this vector.
   *
   * @return the inner buffers.
   */
  @Override
  public List<ArrowBuf> getFieldBuffers() {
    List<ArrowBuf> result = new ArrayList<>(2);
    setReaderAndWriterIndex();
    result.add(validityBuffer);
    result.add(offsetBuffer);

    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Export the buffers of the fields for C Data Interface. This method traverse the buffers and
   * export buffer and buffer's memory address into a list of buffers and a pointer to the list of
   * buffers.
   */
  @Override
  public void exportCDataBuffers(List<ArrowBuf> buffers, ArrowBuf buffersPtr, long nullValue) {
    exportBuffer(validityBuffer, buffers, buffersPtr, nullValue, true);

    if (offsetBuffer.capacity() == 0) {
      // Empty offset buffer is allowed for historical reason.
      // To export it through C Data interface, we need to allocate a buffer with one offset.
      // We set `retain = false` to explicitly not increase the ref count for the exported buffer.
      // The ref count of the newly created buffer (i.e., 1) already represents the usage
      // at imported side.
      exportBuffer(allocateOffsetBuffer(OFFSET_WIDTH), buffers, buffersPtr, nullValue, false);
    } else {
      exportBuffer(offsetBuffer, buffers, buffersPtr, nullValue, true);
    }
  }

  /** Set the reader and writer indexes for the inner buffers. */
  private void setReaderAndWriterIndex() {
    validityBuffer.readerIndex(0);
    offsetBuffer.readerIndex(0);
    if (valueCount == 0) {
      validityBuffer.writerIndex(0);
      offsetBuffer.writerIndex(0);
    } else {
      validityBuffer.writerIndex(getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(valueCount));
      offsetBuffer.writerIndex((valueCount + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Get the inner vectors.
   *
   * @return the inner vectors for this field as defined by the TypeLayout
   * @deprecated This API will be removed as the current implementations no longer support inner
   *     vectors.
   */
  @Deprecated
  @Override
  public List<BufferBacked> getFieldInnerVectors() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("There are no inner vectors. Use getFieldBuffers");
  }

  public UnionListWriter getWriter() {
    return new UnionListWriter(this);
  }

  /** Same as {@link #allocateNewSafe()}. */
  @Override
  public void allocateNew() throws OutOfMemoryException {
    if (!allocateNewSafe()) {
      throw new OutOfMemoryException("Failure while allocating memory");
    }
  }

  /**
   * Allocate memory for the vector. We internally use a default value count of 4096 to allocate
   * memory for at least these many elements in the vector.
   *
   * @return false if memory allocation fails, true otherwise.
   */
  @Override
  public boolean allocateNewSafe() {
    boolean success = false;
    try {
      /* we are doing a new allocation -- release the current buffers */
      clear();
      /* allocate validity buffer */
      allocateValidityBuffer(validityAllocationSizeInBytes);
      /* allocate offset and data buffer */
      success = super.allocateNewSafe();
    } finally {
      if (!success) {
        clear();
      }
    }
    return success;
  }

  protected void allocateValidityBuffer(final long size) {
    final int curSize = (int) size;
    validityBuffer = allocator.buffer(curSize);
    validityBuffer.readerIndex(0);
    validityAllocationSizeInBytes = curSize;
    validityBuffer.setZero(0, validityBuffer.capacity());
  }

  /**
   * Resize the vector to increase the capacity. The internal behavior is to double the current
   * value capacity.
   */
  @Override
  public void reAlloc() {
    /* reallocate the validity buffer */
    reallocValidityBuffer();
    /* reallocate the offset and data */
    super.reAlloc();
  }

  protected void reallocValidityAndOffsetBuffers() {
    reallocOffsetBuffer();
    reallocValidityBuffer();
  }

  private void reallocValidityBuffer() {
    final int currentBufferCapacity = checkedCastToInt(validityBuffer.capacity());
    long newAllocationSize = getNewAllocationSize(currentBufferCapacity);

    final ArrowBuf newBuf = allocator.buffer(newAllocationSize);
    newBuf.setBytes(0, validityBuffer, 0, currentBufferCapacity);
    newBuf.setZero(currentBufferCapacity, newBuf.capacity() - currentBufferCapacity);
    validityBuffer.getReferenceManager().release(1);
    validityBuffer = newBuf;
    validityAllocationSizeInBytes = (int) newAllocationSize;
  }

  private long getNewAllocationSize(int currentBufferCapacity) {
    long newAllocationSize = currentBufferCapacity * 2L;
    if (newAllocationSize == 0) {
      if (validityAllocationSizeInBytes > 0) {
        newAllocationSize = validityAllocationSizeInBytes;
      } else {
        newAllocationSize = getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(INITIAL_VALUE_ALLOCATION) * 2L;
      }
    }
    newAllocationSize = CommonUtil.nextPowerOfTwo(newAllocationSize);
    assert newAllocationSize >= 1;

    if (newAllocationSize > MAX_ALLOCATION_SIZE) {
      throw new OversizedAllocationException("Unable to expand the buffer");
    }
    return newAllocationSize;
  }

  /**
   * Same as {@link #copyFrom(int, int, ValueVector)} except that it handles the case when the
   * capacity of the vector needs to be expanded before copy.
   *
   * @param inIndex position to copy from in source vector
   * @param outIndex position to copy to in this vector
   * @param from source vector
   */
  @Override
  public void copyFromSafe(int inIndex, int outIndex, ValueVector from) {
    copyFrom(inIndex, outIndex, from);
  }

  /**
   * Copy a cell value from a particular index in source vector to a particular position in this
   * vector.
   *
   * @param inIndex position to copy from in source vector
   * @param outIndex position to copy to in this vector
   * @param from source vector
   */
  @Override
  public void copyFrom(int inIndex, int outIndex, ValueVector from) {
    Preconditions.checkArgument(this.getMinorType() == from.getMinorType());
    FieldReader in = from.getReader();
    in.setPosition(inIndex);
    FieldWriter out = getWriter();
    out.setPosition(outIndex);
    ComplexCopier.copy(in, out);
  }

  /**
   * Get the inner data vector for this list vector.
   *
   * @return data vector
   */
  @Override
  public FieldVector getDataVector() {
    return vector;
  }

  @Override
  public TransferPair getTransferPair(String ref, BufferAllocator allocator) {
    return getTransferPair(ref, allocator, null);
  }

  @Override
  public TransferPair getTransferPair(Field field, BufferAllocator allocator) {
    return getTransferPair(field, allocator, null);
  }

  @Override
  public TransferPair getTransferPair(String ref, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack callBack) {
    return new TransferImpl(ref, allocator, callBack);
  }

  @Override
  public TransferPair getTransferPair(Field field, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack callBack) {
    return new TransferImpl(field, allocator, callBack);
  }

  @Override
  public TransferPair makeTransferPair(ValueVector target) {
    return new TransferImpl((ListVector) target);
  }

  @Override
  public long getValidityBufferAddress() {
    return validityBuffer.memoryAddress();
  }

  @Override
  public long getDataBufferAddress() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  @Override
  public long getOffsetBufferAddress() {
    return offsetBuffer.memoryAddress();
  }

  @Override
  public ArrowBuf getValidityBuffer() {
    return validityBuffer;
  }

  @Override
  public ArrowBuf getDataBuffer() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  @Override
  public ArrowBuf getOffsetBuffer() {
    return offsetBuffer;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode(int index) {
    return hashCode(index, null);
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode(int index, ArrowBufHasher hasher) {
    if (isSet(index) == 0) {
      return ArrowBufPointer.NULL_HASH_CODE;
    }
    int hash = 0;
    final int start = offsetBuffer.getInt(index * OFFSET_WIDTH);
    final int end = offsetBuffer.getInt((index + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH);
    for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
      hash = ByteFunctionHelpers.combineHash(hash, vector.hashCode(i, hasher));
    }
    return hash;
  }

  @Override
  public <OUT, IN> OUT accept(VectorVisitor<OUT, IN> visitor, IN value) {
    return visitor.visit(this, value);
  }

  private class TransferImpl implements TransferPair {

    ListVector to;
    TransferPair dataTransferPair;

    public TransferImpl(String name, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack callBack) {
      this(new ListVector(name, allocator, field.getFieldType(), callBack));
    }

    public TransferImpl(Field field, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack callBack) {
      this(new ListVector(field, allocator, callBack));
    }

    public TransferImpl(ListVector to) {
      this.to = to;
      to.addOrGetVector(vector.getField().getFieldType());
      if (to.getDataVector() instanceof ZeroVector) {
        to.addOrGetVector(vector.getField().getFieldType());
      }
      dataTransferPair = getDataVector().makeTransferPair(to.getDataVector());
    }

    /**
     * Transfer this vector'data to another vector. The memory associated with this vector is
     * transferred to the allocator of target vector for accounting and management purposes.
     */
    @Override
    public void transfer() {
      to.clear();
      dataTransferPair.transfer();
      to.validityBuffer = transferBuffer(validityBuffer, to.allocator);
      to.offsetBuffer = transferBuffer(offsetBuffer, to.allocator);
      to.lastSet = lastSet;
      if (valueCount > 0) {
        to.setValueCount(valueCount);
      }
      clear();
    }

    /**
     * Slice this vector at desired index and length and transfer the corresponding data to the
     * target vector.
     *
     * @param startIndex start position of the split in source vector.
     * @param length length of the split.
     */
    @Override
    public void splitAndTransfer(int startIndex, int length) {
      Preconditions.checkArgument(
          startIndex >= 0 && length >= 0 && startIndex + length <= valueCount,
          "Invalid parameters startIndex: %s, length: %s for valueCount: %s",
          startIndex,
          length,
          valueCount);
      to.clear();
      if (length > 0) {
        final int startPoint = offsetBuffer.getInt(startIndex * OFFSET_WIDTH);
        final int sliceLength =
            offsetBuffer.getInt((startIndex + length) * OFFSET_WIDTH) - startPoint;
        to.offsetBuffer = to.allocateOffsetBuffer((length + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH);
        /* splitAndTransfer offset buffer */
        for (int i = 0; i < length + 1; i++) {
          final int relativeOffset =
              offsetBuffer.getInt((startIndex + i) * OFFSET_WIDTH) - startPoint;
          to.offsetBuffer.setInt(i * OFFSET_WIDTH, relativeOffset);
        }
        /* splitAndTransfer validity buffer */
        splitAndTransferValidityBuffer(startIndex, length, to);
        /* splitAndTransfer data buffer */
        dataTransferPair.splitAndTransfer(startPoint, sliceLength);
        to.lastSet = length - 1;
        to.setValueCount(length);
      }
    }

    /*
     * transfer the validity.
     */
    private void splitAndTransferValidityBuffer(int startIndex, int length, ListVector target) {
      int firstByteSource = BitVectorHelper.byteIndex(startIndex);
      int lastByteSource = BitVectorHelper.byteIndex(valueCount - 1);
      int byteSizeTarget = getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(length);
      int offset = startIndex % 8;

      if (length > 0) {
        if (offset == 0) {
          // slice
          if (target.validityBuffer != null) {
            target.validityBuffer.getReferenceManager().release();
          }
          target.validityBuffer = validityBuffer.slice(firstByteSource, byteSizeTarget);
          target.validityBuffer.getReferenceManager().retain(1);
        } else {
          /* Copy data
           * When the first bit starts from the middle of a byte (offset != 0),
           * copy data from src BitVector.
           * Each byte in the target is composed by a part in i-th byte,
           * another part in (i+1)-th byte.
           */
          target.allocateValidityBuffer(byteSizeTarget);

          for (int i = 0; i < byteSizeTarget - 1; i++) {
            byte b1 =
                BitVectorHelper.getBitsFromCurrentByte(validityBuffer, firstByteSource + i, offset);
            byte b2 =
                BitVectorHelper.getBitsFromNextByte(
                    validityBuffer, firstByteSource + i + 1, offset);

            target.validityBuffer.setByte(i, (b1 + b2));
          }

          /* Copying the last piece is done in the following manner:
           * if the source vector has 1 or more bytes remaining, we copy
           * the last piece as a byte formed by shifting data
           * from the current byte and the next byte.
           *
           * if the source vector has no more bytes remaining
           * (we are at the last byte), we copy the last piece as a byte
           * by shifting data from the current byte.
           */
          if ((firstByteSource + byteSizeTarget - 1) < lastByteSource) {
            byte b1 =
                BitVectorHelper.getBitsFromCurrentByte(
                    validityBuffer, firstByteSource + byteSizeTarget - 1, offset);
            byte b2 =
                BitVectorHelper.getBitsFromNextByte(
                    validityBuffer, firstByteSource + byteSizeTarget, offset);

            target.validityBuffer.setByte(byteSizeTarget - 1, b1 + b2);
          } else {
            byte b1 =
                BitVectorHelper.getBitsFromCurrentByte(
                    validityBuffer, firstByteSource + byteSizeTarget - 1, offset);
            target.validityBuffer.setByte(byteSizeTarget - 1, b1);
          }
        }
      }
    }

    @Override
    public ValueVector getTo() {
      return to;
    }

    @Override
    public void copyValueSafe(int from, int to) {
      this.to.copyFrom(from, to, ListVector.this);
    }
  }

  @Override
  protected FieldReader getReaderImpl() {
    return new UnionListReader(this);
  }

  @Override
  public UnionListReader getReader() {
    reader = (UnionListReader) super.getReader();
    return reader;
  }

  /** Initialize the child data vector to field type. */
  @Override
  public <T extends ValueVector> AddOrGetResult<T> addOrGetVector(FieldType fieldType) {
    AddOrGetResult<T> result = super.addOrGetVector(fieldType);
    invalidateReader();
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Get the size (number of bytes) of underlying buffers used by this vector.
   *
   * @return size of underlying buffers.
   */
  @Override
  public int getBufferSize() {
    if (valueCount == 0) {
      return 0;
    }
    final int offsetBufferSize = (valueCount + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH;
    final int validityBufferSize = getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(valueCount);
    return offsetBufferSize + validityBufferSize + vector.getBufferSize();
  }

  @Override
  public int getBufferSizeFor(int valueCount) {
    if (valueCount == 0) {
      return 0;
    }
    final int validityBufferSize = getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(valueCount);

    return super.getBufferSizeFor(valueCount) + validityBufferSize;
  }

  @Override
  public Field getField() {
    if (field.getChildren().contains(getDataVector().getField())) {
      return field;
    }
    field =
        new Field(
            field.getName(),
            field.getFieldType(),
            Collections.singletonList(getDataVector().getField()));
    return field;
  }

  @Override
  public MinorType getMinorType() {
    return MinorType.LIST;
  }

  @Override
  public void clear() {
    super.clear();
    validityBuffer = releaseBuffer(validityBuffer);
    lastSet = -1;
  }

  @Override
  public void reset() {
    super.reset();
    validityBuffer.setZero(0, validityBuffer.capacity());
    lastSet = -1;
  }

  /**
   * Return the underlying buffers associated with this vector. Note that this doesn't impact the
   * reference counts for this buffer so it only should be used for in-context access. Also note
   * that this buffer changes regularly thus external classes shouldn't hold a reference to it
   * (unless they change it).
   *
   * @param clear Whether to clear vector before returning; the buffers will still be refcounted but
   *     the returned array will be the only reference to them
   * @return The underlying {@link ArrowBuf buffers} that is used by this vector instance.
   */
  @Override
  public ArrowBuf[] getBuffers(boolean clear) {
    setReaderAndWriterIndex();
    final ArrowBuf[] buffers;
    if (getBufferSize() == 0) {
      buffers = new ArrowBuf[0];
    } else {
      List<ArrowBuf> list = new ArrayList<>();
      list.add(offsetBuffer);
      list.add(validityBuffer);
      list.addAll(Arrays.asList(vector.getBuffers(false)));
      buffers = list.toArray(new ArrowBuf[list.size()]);
    }
    if (clear) {
      for (ArrowBuf buffer : buffers) {
        buffer.getReferenceManager().retain();
      }
      clear();
    }
    return buffers;
  }

  @Override
  public UnionVector promoteToUnion() {
    UnionVector vector = new UnionVector("$data$", allocator, /* field type*/ null, callBack);
    replaceDataVector(vector);
    invalidateReader();
    if (callBack != null) {
      callBack.doWork();
    }
    return vector;
  }

  protected void invalidateReader() {
    reader = null;
  }

  /**
   * Get the element in the list vector at a particular index.
   *
   * @param index position of the element
   * @return Object at given position
   */
  @Override
  public List<?> getObject(int index) {
    if (isSet(index) == 0) {
      return null;
    }
    final List<Object> vals = new JsonStringArrayList<>();
    final int start = offsetBuffer.getInt(index * OFFSET_WIDTH);
    final int end = offsetBuffer.getInt((index + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH);
    final ValueVector vv = getDataVector();
    for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
      vals.add(vv.getObject(i));
    }

    return vals;
  }

  /**
   * Check if element at given index is null.
   *
   * @param index position of element
   * @return true if element at given index is null, false otherwise
   */
  @Override
  public boolean isNull(int index) {
    return (isSet(index) == 0);
  }

  /**
   * Check if element at given index is empty list.
   *
   * @param index position of element
   * @return true if element at given index is empty list or NULL, false otherwise
   */
  @Override
  public boolean isEmpty(int index) {
    if (isNull(index)) {
      return true;
    } else {
      final int start = offsetBuffer.getInt(index * OFFSET_WIDTH);
      final int end = offsetBuffer.getInt((index + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH);
      return start == end;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Same as {@link #isNull(int)}.
   *
   * @param index position of element
   * @return 1 if element at given index is not null, 0 otherwise
   */
  public int isSet(int index) {
    final int byteIndex = index >> 3;
    final byte b = validityBuffer.getByte(byteIndex);
    final int bitIndex = index & 7;
    return (b >> bitIndex) & 0x01;
  }

  /**
   * Get the number of elements that are null in the vector.
   *
   * @return the number of null elements.
   */
  @Override
  public int getNullCount() {
    return BitVectorHelper.getNullCount(validityBuffer, valueCount);
  }

  /**
   * Get the current value capacity for the vector.
   *
   * @return number of elements that vector can hold.
   */
  @Override
  public int getValueCapacity() {
    return getValidityAndOffsetValueCapacity();
  }

  private int getValidityAndOffsetValueCapacity() {
    final int offsetValueCapacity = Math.max(getOffsetBufferValueCapacity() - 1, 0);
    return Math.min(offsetValueCapacity, getValidityBufferValueCapacity());
  }

  private int getValidityBufferValueCapacity() {
    return capAtMaxInt(validityBuffer.capacity() * 8);
  }

  /**
   * Sets the list at index to be not-null. Reallocates validity buffer if index is larger than
   * current capacity.
   */
  public void setNotNull(int index) {
    while (index >= getValidityAndOffsetValueCapacity()) {
      reallocValidityAndOffsetBuffers();
    }
    BitVectorHelper.setBit(validityBuffer, index);
    lastSet = index;
  }

  /**
   * Sets list at index to be null.
   *
   * @param index position in vector
   */
  @Override
  public void setNull(int index) {
    while (index >= getValidityAndOffsetValueCapacity()) {
      reallocValidityAndOffsetBuffers();
    }
    if (lastSet >= index) {
      lastSet = index - 1;
    }
    for (int i = lastSet + 1; i <= index; i++) {
      final int currentOffset = offsetBuffer.getInt(i * OFFSET_WIDTH);
      offsetBuffer.setInt((i + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH, currentOffset);
    }
    BitVectorHelper.unsetBit(validityBuffer, index);
    lastSet = index;
  }

  /**
   * Start a new value in the list vector.
   *
   * @param index index of the value to start
   */
  @Override
  public int startNewValue(int index) {
    while (index >= getValidityAndOffsetValueCapacity()) {
      reallocValidityAndOffsetBuffers();
    }
    if (lastSet >= index) {
      lastSet = index - 1;
    }
    for (int i = lastSet + 1; i <= index; i++) {
      final int currentOffset = offsetBuffer.getInt(i * OFFSET_WIDTH);
      offsetBuffer.setInt((i + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH, currentOffset);
    }
    BitVectorHelper.setBit(validityBuffer, index);
    lastSet = index;
    return offsetBuffer.getInt((lastSet + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH);
  }

  /**
   * End the current value.
   *
   * @param index index of the value to end
   * @param size number of elements in the list that was written
   */
  public void endValue(int index, int size) {
    final int currentOffset = offsetBuffer.getInt((index + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH);
    offsetBuffer.setInt((index + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH, currentOffset + size);
  }

  /**
   * Sets the value count for the vector.
   *
   * @param valueCount value count
   */
  @Override
  public void setValueCount(int valueCount) {
    this.valueCount = valueCount;
    if (valueCount > 0) {
      while (valueCount > getValidityAndOffsetValueCapacity()) {
        /* check if validity and offset buffers need to be re-allocated */
        reallocValidityAndOffsetBuffers();
      }
      for (int i = lastSet + 1; i < valueCount; i++) {
        /* fill the holes with offsets */
        final int currentOffset = offsetBuffer.getInt(i * OFFSET_WIDTH);
        offsetBuffer.setInt((i + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH, currentOffset);
      }
    }
    /* valueCount for the data vector is the current end offset */
    final int childValueCount =
        (valueCount == 0) ? 0 : offsetBuffer.getInt((lastSet + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH);
    /* set the value count of data vector and this will take care of
     * checking whether data buffer needs to be reallocated.
     */
    vector.setValueCount(childValueCount);
  }

  public void setLastSet(int value) {
    lastSet = value;
  }

  public int getLastSet() {
    return lastSet;
  }

  @Override
  public int getElementStartIndex(int index) {
    return offsetBuffer.getInt(index * OFFSET_WIDTH);
  }

  @Override
  public int getElementEndIndex(int index) {
    return offsetBuffer.getInt((index + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH);
  }
}