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# C Interfaces for Arrow Java

## Setup Build Environment

install:
 - Java 8 or later
 - Maven 3.3 or later
 - A C++17-enabled compiler
 - CMake 3.11 or later
 - Make or ninja build utilities

## Building JNI wrapper shared library

```
mkdir -p build
pushd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
popd
```

## Building and running tests

Run tests with

```
mvn test
```

To install Apache Arrow (Java) with this module enabled run the following from the project root directory:

```
cd java
mvn -Parrow-c-data install
```