**Reporter**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-460) / @wesm **Assignee**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-460) / @wesm #### Related issues: - [Java<->C++ Integration tests for dictionary-encoded vectors](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16312) (blocks) - [Arrow 0.5.0 release](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16644) (blocks) - [[C++] Implement dictionary-encoded array container](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16075) (depends upon) <sub>**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-460](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-460). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*</sub>