This is because of:
https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/cpp/src/arrow/ipc/metadata.cc#L321
Since the buffer structure of record batches contains only indices, this should be the buffer layout in the IPC metadata.
We should double check that Java is doing the right thing (I believe it is)
cc [~paul.e.taylor] @lmeyerov
Reporter: Wes McKinney / @wesm
Assignee: Wes McKinney / @wesm
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