GH-33856: [C#] Implement C Data Interface for C#

csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Arrays/ArrayData.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+using Apache.Arrow.Memory;
 using Apache.Arrow.Types;
+using FlatBuffers;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -111,5 +113,17 @@ public ArrayData Slice(int offset, int length)
 
             return new ArrayData(DataType, length, RecalculateNullCount, offset, Buffers, Children, Dictionary);
         }
+
+        public ArrayData Clone(MemoryAllocator allocator = default)
+        {
+            return new ArrayData(
+                DataType,
+                Length,
+                NullCount,
+                Offset,
+                Buffers?.Select(b => b.Clone(allocator))?.ToArray(),
+                Children?.Select(b => b.Clone(allocator))?.ToArray(),
+                Dictionary?.Clone(allocator));
+        }
     }
 }

csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Arrays/ArrowArrayFactory.cs

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ public static IArrowArray BuildArray(ArrayData data)
         {
             switch (data.DataType.TypeId)
             {
+                case ArrowTypeId.Null:
+                    return new NullArray(data);
                 case ArrowTypeId.Boolean:
                     return new BooleanArray(data);
                 case ArrowTypeId.UInt8:

csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Arrays/NullArray.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+// contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+// The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+// (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+// the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+using System;
+using Apache.Arrow.Types;
+using Apache.Arrow.Memory;
+
+namespace Apache.Arrow
+{
+    public class NullArray : IArrowArray
+    {
+        public class Builder : IArrowArrayBuilder<NullArray, Builder>
+        {
+            private int _length;
+
+            public int Length => _length;
+            public int Capacity => _length;
+            public int NullCount => _length;
+
+            public Builder()
+            {
+            }
+
+            public Builder AppendNull()
+            {
+                _length++;
+                return this;
+            }
+
+            public NullArray Build(MemoryAllocator allocator = default)
+            {
+                return new NullArray(_length);
+            }
+
+            public Builder Clear()
+            {
+                _length = 0;
+                return this;
+            }
+
+            public Builder Reserve(int capacity)
+            {
+                if (capacity < 0)
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(capacity));
+                }
+
+                return this;
+            }
+
+            public Builder Resize(int length)
+            {
+                if (length < 0)
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(length));
+                }
+
+                _length = length;
+                return this;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public ArrayData Data { get; }
+
+        public NullArray(ArrayData data)
+        {
+            if (data.Length != data.NullCount)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Length must equal null count", nameof(data));
+            }
+
+            data.EnsureDataType(ArrowTypeId.Null);
+            data.EnsureBufferCount(0);
+            Data = data;
+        }
+
+        public NullArray(int length)
+            : this(new ArrayData(NullType.Default, length, length, buffers: System.Array.Empty<ArrowBuffer>()))
+        {
+        }
+
+        public int Length => Data.Length;
+
+        public int Offset => Data.Offset;
+
+        public int NullCount => Data.NullCount;
+
+        public void Dispose() { }
+        public bool IsNull(int index) => true;
+        public bool IsValid(int index) => false;
+
+        public void Accept(IArrowArrayVisitor visitor) => Array.Accept(this, visitor);
+    }
+}

csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/ArrowBuffer.cs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public ReadOnlySpan<byte> Span
 
         public ArrowBuffer Clone(MemoryAllocator allocator = default)
         {
-            return new Builder<byte>(Span.Length)
+            return Span.Length == 0 ? Empty : new Builder<byte>(Span.Length)
                 .Append(Span)
                 .Build(allocator);
         }
@@ -72,5 +72,24 @@ public void Dispose()
         {
             _memoryOwner?.Dispose();
         }
+
+        internal bool TryExport(ExportedAllocationOwner newOwner, out IntPtr ptr)
+        {
+            if (_memoryOwner == null && IsEmpty)
+            {
+                ptr = IntPtr.Zero;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (_memoryOwner is IOwnableAllocation ownable && ownable.TryAcquire(out ptr, out int offset, out int length))
+            {
+                newOwner.Acquire(ptr, offset, length);
+                ptr += offset;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            ptr = IntPtr.Zero;
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 }

csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/C/CArrowArray.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Apache.Arrow.C
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An Arrow C Data Interface Schema, which represents the data in an exported array or record batch.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// This is used to export <see cref="RecordBatch"/> or <see cref="IArrowArray"/> to other languages. It matches
+    /// the layout of the ArrowArray struct described in https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/cpp/src/arrow/c/abi.h.
+    /// </remarks>
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+    public unsafe struct CArrowArray
+    {
+        public long length;
+        public long null_count;
+        public long offset;
+        public long n_buffers;
+        public long n_children;
+        public byte** buffers;
+        public CArrowArray** children;
+        public CArrowArray* dictionary;
+        public delegate* unmanaged[Stdcall]<CArrowArray*, void> release;
+        public void* private_data;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Allocate and zero-initialize an unmanaged pointer of this type.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// This pointer must later be freed by <see cref="Free"/>.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static CArrowArray* Create()
+        {
+            var ptr = (CArrowArray*)Marshal.AllocHGlobal(sizeof(CArrowArray));
+
+            ptr->length = 0;
+            ptr->n_buffers = 0;
+            ptr->offset = 0;
+            ptr->buffers = null;
+            ptr->n_children = 0;
+            ptr->children = null;
+            ptr->dictionary = null;
+            ptr->null_count = 0;
+            ptr->release = null;
+            ptr->private_data = null;
+
+            return ptr;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Free a pointer that was allocated in <see cref="Create"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Do not call this on a pointer that was allocated elsewhere.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static void Free(CArrowArray* array)
+        {
+            if (array->release != null)
+            {
+                // Call release if not already called.
+                array->release(array);
+            }
+            Marshal.FreeHGlobal((IntPtr)array);
+        }
+    }
+}