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

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Apache.Arrow.Types
{
    public abstract class NestedType : ArrowType
    {
        [Obsolete("Use `Fields` instead")]
        public IReadOnlyList<Field> Children => Fields;

        public IReadOnlyList<Field> Fields { get; }

        protected NestedType(IReadOnlyList<Field> fields)
        {
            if (fields == null || fields.Count == 0)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(fields));
            }
            Fields = fields;
        }

        protected NestedType(Field field)
        {
            if (field == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(field));
            }
            Fields = new Field[] { field };
        }
    }
}