src/Apache.Arrow/Arrays/FieldComparer.cs

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using System.Linq;

namespace Apache.Arrow
{
    internal static class FieldComparer
    {
        public static bool Compare(Field expected, Field actual)
        {
            if (ReferenceEquals(expected, actual))
            {
                return true;
            }

            if (expected.Name != actual.Name || expected.IsNullable != actual.IsNullable ||
                expected.HasMetadata != actual.HasMetadata)
            {
                return false;
            }

            if (expected.HasMetadata)
            {
                if (expected.Metadata.Count != actual.Metadata.Count)
                {
                    return false;
                }

                if (!expected.Metadata.Keys.All(k => actual.Metadata.ContainsKey(k) && expected.Metadata[k] == actual.Metadata[k]))
                {
                    return false;
                }
            }

            var dataTypeComparer = new ArrayDataTypeComparer(expected.DataType);

            actual.DataType.Accept(dataTypeComparer);

            if (!dataTypeComparer.DataTypeMatch)
            {
                return false;
            }

            return true;
        }
    }
}