fix(ipc): Support serializing structs containing dictionaries (#848) (#…

…865)

* fix(ipc): Support serializing structs containing dictionaries

Dictionary fields nested in structs were not properly marked as
dictionary fields when serializing to fb.

* style: cargo fmt

Co-authored-by: Helgi Kristvin Sigurbjarnarson <helgikrs@gmail.com>

arrow/src/ipc/convert.rs

@@ -610,21 +610,7 @@ pub(crate) fn get_fb_field_type<'a>(
             // struct's fields are children
             let mut children = vec![];
             for field in fields {
-                let inner_types =
-                    get_fb_field_type(field.data_type(), field.is_nullable(), fbb);
-                let field_name = fbb.create_string(field.name());
-                children.push(ipc::Field::create(
-                    fbb,
-                    &ipc::FieldArgs {
-                        name: Some(field_name),
-                        nullable: field.is_nullable(),
-                        type_type: inner_types.type_type,
-                        type_: Some(inner_types.type_),
-                        dictionary: None,
-                        children: inner_types.children,
-                        custom_metadata: None,
-                    },
-                ));
+                children.push(build_field(fbb, field));
             }
             FBFieldType {
                 type_type: ipc::Type::Struct_,
@@ -791,6 +777,18 @@ mod tests {
                     ))),
                     false,
                 ),
+                Field::new(
+                    "struct<dictionary<int32, utf8>>",
+                    DataType::Struct(vec![Field::new(
+                        "dictionary<int32, utf8>",
+                        DataType::Dictionary(
+                            Box::new(DataType::Int32),
+                            Box::new(DataType::Utf8),
+                        ),
+                        false,
+                    )]),
+                    false,
+                ),
                 Field::new(
                     "struct<int64, list[struct<date32, list[struct<>]>]>",
                     DataType::Struct(vec![