GH-48382: [Ruby] Add support for reading struct array

ruby/red-arrow-format/lib/arrow-format/array.rb

@@ -174,4 +174,21 @@ def to_a
       apply_validity(values)
     end
   end
+
+  class StructArray < Array
+    def initialize(type, size, validity_buffer, children)
+      super(type, size, validity_buffer)
+      @children = children
+    end
+
+    def to_a
+      if @children.empty?
+        values = [[]] * @size
+      else
+        children_values = @children.collect(&:to_a)
+        values = children_values[0].zip(*children_values[1..-1])
+      end
+      apply_validity(values)
+    end
+  end
 end

ruby/red-arrow-format/lib/arrow-format/file-reader.rb

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 require_relative "org/apache/arrow/flatbuf/null"
 require_relative "org/apache/arrow/flatbuf/precision"
 require_relative "org/apache/arrow/flatbuf/schema"
+require_relative "org/apache/arrow/flatbuf/struct_"
 require_relative "org/apache/arrow/flatbuf/utf8"
 
 module ArrowFormat
@@ -157,6 +158,9 @@ def read_field(fb_field)
         end
       when Org::Apache::Arrow::Flatbuf::List
         type = ListType.new(read_field(fb_field.children[0]))
+      when Org::Apache::Arrow::Flatbuf::Struct
+        children = fb_field.children.collect {|child| read_field(child)}
+        type = StructType.new(children)
       when Org::Apache::Arrow::Flatbuf::Binary
         type = BinaryType.singleton
       when Org::Apache::Arrow::Flatbuf::LargeBinary
@@ -199,6 +203,11 @@ def read_column(field, nodes, buffers, body)
         offsets = body.slice(offsets_buffer.offset, offsets_buffer.length)
         child = read_column(field.type.child, nodes, buffers, body)
         field.type.build_array(length, validity, offsets, child)
+      when StructType
+        children = field.type.children.collect do |child|
+          read_column(child, nodes, buffers, body)
+        end
+        field.type.build_array(length, validity, children)
       when VariableSizeBinaryType
         offsets_buffer = buffers.shift
         values_buffer = buffers.shift

ruby/red-arrow-format/lib/arrow-format/type.rb

@@ -187,4 +187,16 @@ def build_array(size, validity_buffer, offsets_buffer, child)
       ListArray.new(self, size, validity_buffer, offsets_buffer, child)
     end
   end
+
+  class StructType < Type
+    attr_reader :children
+    def initialize(children)
+      super("Struct")
+      @children = children
+    end
+
+    def build_array(size, validity_buffer, children)
+      StructArray.new(self, size, validity_buffer, children)
+    end
+  end
 end

ruby/red-arrow-format/test/test-file-reader.rb

@@ -139,4 +139,25 @@ def test_read
                    read)
     end
   end
+
+  sub_test_case("Struct") do
+    def build_array
+      data_type = Arrow::StructDataType.new(count: :int8,
+                                            visible: :boolean)
+      Arrow::StructArray.new(data_type, [[-128, nil], nil, [nil, true]])
+    end
+
+    def test_read
+      assert_equal([
+                     {
+                       "value" => [
+                         [-128, nil],
+                         nil,
+                         [nil, true],
+                       ],
+                     },
+                   ],
+                   read)
+    end
+  end
 end