csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Types/ArrowType.cs

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namespace Apache.Arrow.Types
{
    public abstract class ArrowType: IArrowType
    {
        public abstract ArrowTypeId TypeId { get; }

        public abstract string Name { get; }

        public virtual bool IsFixedWidth => false;

        public abstract void Accept(IArrowTypeVisitor visitor);

        internal static void Accept<T>(T type, IArrowTypeVisitor visitor)
            where T: class, IArrowType
        {
            switch (visitor)
            {
                case IArrowTypeVisitor<T> typedVisitor:
                    typedVisitor.Visit(type);
                    break;
                default:
                    visitor.Visit(type);
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
}