[Python] Consolidate shared methods of RecordBatch and Table

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RecordBatch and Table have a bunch of similar methods that don't directly interact with the C++ pointer, and thus that could be shared in a common base class.

In addition, we also have some methods on Table that would also be useful for RecordBatch (eg cast, group_by, drop, select, sort_by, rename_columns), which could also be shared with a common mixin.

Reporter: Joris Van den Bossche / @jorisvandenbossche

Related issues:

• [Python] add_column method missing in pyarrow.RecordBatch #30915 (relates to)
• [Python] Add sort_by to RecordBatch #33207
• [Python] add_column method missing in pyarrow.RecordBatch #30915
• [Python] Table.from_struct_array function #33500

Other ideas without dedicated issues:

• Make pa.record_batch(..) constructor consistent with pa.table(..) (eg accepting a dict of column names -> column values)

_{Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-15042. Please see the migration documentation for further details.}

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Suhail Razzak:
Hey @jorisvandenbossche, in this case, would we want something like an _NDFrame base class that stores these kinds of methods? Would that approach make sense?

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Todd Farmer / @toddfarmer:
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