Field

The combination of a field name and data type, with optional metadata. Fields are used to describe the individual constituents of a nested DataType or a Schema.

Members

name : String (read only)

The name of this field.

type : Type (read only)

The type of this field.

nullable : Boolean (read only)

Whether this field can contain null values, in addition to values of Type (this creates an extra null value map).

metadata : Object | null (read only)

A field's metadata is represented by a map which holds arbitrary key-value pairs. Returns null if no metadata has been set.

typeId : ?

TBD?

indices : ?

TBD? Used if data type is a dictionary.

Methods

constructor(name : String, nullable?: Boolean, metadata?: Object)

Creates an instance of Field with parameters initialized as follows:

• name - Name of the column
• nullable=false - Whether a null-array is maintained.
• metadata=null - Map of metadata