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ARROW-930: javadoc generation fails with java 8

Author: Julien Le Dem <jul...@apache.org>

Closes #627 from julienledem/fix_javadoc and squashes the following commits:

4160d5b [Julien Le Dem] ARROW-930: javadoc generation fails with java 8


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Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/commit/569426b9
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Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/diff/569426b9

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 569426b917007d7eb8f238d657184d5789527646
Parents: da523ce
Author: Julien Le Dem <jul...@apache.org>
Authored: Tue May 2 11:27:19 2017 -0400
Committer: Wes McKinney <wes.mckin...@twosigma.com>
Committed: Tue May 2 11:27:19 2017 -0400

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 .../apache/arrow/memory/AllocationManager.java  | 22 +++----
 .../arrow/memory/AllocationReservation.java     | 13 ++--
 .../apache/arrow/memory/BufferAllocator.java    | 10 +++-
 .../org/apache/arrow/memory/BufferManager.java  |  8 ---
 .../apache/arrow/memory/util/HistoricalLog.java | 27 +++------
 .../codegen/templates/AbstractFieldReader.java  | 63 ++++++++++----------
 .../AbstractPromotableFieldWriter.java          |  7 +--
 .../src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java   |  2 +-
 .../src/main/codegen/templates/BaseWriter.java  |  6 +-
 .../main/codegen/templates/ComplexCopier.java   |  4 +-
 .../codegen/templates/FixedValueVectors.java    |  2 +-
 .../codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java |  7 +--
 .../templates/VariableLengthVectors.java        |  2 +-
 .../arrow/vector/SchemaChangeCallBack.java      |  1 +
 .../org/apache/arrow/vector/ValueVector.java    | 29 +++++----
 .../arrow/vector/VariableWidthVector.java       |  4 +-
 .../org/apache/arrow/vector/VectorLoader.java   |  2 +-
 .../vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java |  2 +
 .../arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java | 18 ++++--
 .../vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java | 11 ++--
 .../vector/complex/FixedSizeListVector.java     | 13 ++--
 .../vector/complex/RepeatedValueVector.java     | 15 ++---
 .../RepeatedVariableWidthVectorLike.java        |  2 +-
 .../apache/arrow/vector/file/ArrowWriter.java   | 10 ++--
 .../apache/arrow/vector/file/ReadChannel.java   |  7 +++
 .../arrow/vector/stream/ArrowStreamReader.java  | 14 +++--
 .../arrow/vector/stream/MessageSerializer.java  | 47 ++++++++++++++-
 .../apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Schema.java  |  2 +-
 .../arrow/vector/util/MapWithOrdinal.java       | 14 +++--
 .../util/OversizedAllocationException.java      |  3 +-
 .../java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Text.java | 50 ++++++++++++----
 .../org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Validator.java |  4 ++
 32 files changed, 253 insertions(+), 168 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/AllocationManager.java
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diff --git 
a/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/AllocationManager.java 
b/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/AllocationManager.java
index 683752e..70ca1dc 100644
--- a/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/AllocationManager.java
+++ b/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/AllocationManager.java
@@ -18,15 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.arrow.memory;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-
-import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
-import io.netty.buffer.PooledByteBufAllocatorL;
-import io.netty.buffer.UnsafeDirectLittleEndian;
-
-import org.apache.arrow.memory.BaseAllocator.Verbosity;
-import org.apache.arrow.memory.util.AutoCloseableLock;
-import org.apache.arrow.memory.util.HistoricalLog;
+import static org.apache.arrow.memory.BaseAllocator.indent;
 
 import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -34,7 +26,15 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 
-import static org.apache.arrow.memory.BaseAllocator.indent;
+import org.apache.arrow.memory.BaseAllocator.Verbosity;
+import org.apache.arrow.memory.util.AutoCloseableLock;
+import org.apache.arrow.memory.util.HistoricalLog;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.PooledByteBufAllocatorL;
+import io.netty.buffer.UnsafeDirectLittleEndian;
 
 /**
  * Manages the relationship between one or more allocators and a particular 
UDLE. Ensures that
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ public class AllocationManager {
      * Decrement the ledger's reference count. If the ledger is decremented to 
zero, this ledger
      * should release its
      * ownership back to the AllocationManager
+     * @param decrement amout to decrease the reference count by
+     * @return the new reference count
      */
     public int decrement(int decrement) {
       allocator.assertOpen();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/AllocationReservation.java
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diff --git 
a/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/AllocationReservation.java 
b/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/AllocationReservation.java
index 7f5aa31..b0ce574 100644
--- 
a/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/AllocationReservation.java
+++ 
b/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/AllocationReservation.java
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
  * For the purposes of airtight memory accounting, the reservation must be 
close()d whether it is
  * used or not.
  * This is not threadsafe.
+ * </p>
  */
 public interface AllocationReservation extends AutoCloseable {
 
   /**
    * Add to the current reservation.
-   * <p>
-   * <p>Adding may fail if the allocator is not allowed to consume any more 
space.
+   *
+   * <p>Adding may fail if the allocator is not allowed to consume any more 
space.</p>
    *
    * @param nBytes the number of bytes to add
    * @return true if the addition is possible, false otherwise
@@ -46,8 +47,8 @@ public interface AllocationReservation extends AutoCloseable {
 
   /**
    * Requests a reservation of additional space.
-   * <p>
-   * <p>The implementation of the allocator's inner class provides this.
+   *
+   * <p>The implementation of the allocator's inner class provides this.</p>
    *
    * @param nBytes the amount to reserve
    * @return true if the reservation can be satisfied, false otherwise
@@ -56,9 +57,9 @@ public interface AllocationReservation extends AutoCloseable {
 
   /**
    * Allocate a buffer whose size is the total of all the add()s made.
-   * <p>
+   *
    * <p>The allocation request can still fail, even if the amount of space
-   * requested is available, if the allocation cannot be made contiguously.
+   * requested is available, if the allocation cannot be made contiguously.</p>
    *
    * @return the buffer, or null, if the request cannot be satisfied
    * @throws IllegalStateException if called called more than once

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/BufferAllocator.java
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diff --git 
a/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/BufferAllocator.java 
b/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/BufferAllocator.java
index c05e9ac..8a40441 100644
--- a/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/BufferAllocator.java
+++ b/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/BufferAllocator.java
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ public interface BufferAllocator extends AutoCloseable {
 
   /**
    * Close and release all buffers generated from this buffer pool.
-   * <p>
+   *
    * <p>When assertions are on, complains if there are any outstanding 
buffers; to avoid
-   * that, release all buffers before the allocator is closed.
+   * that, release all buffers before the allocator is closed.</p>
    */
   @Override
   public void close();
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ public interface BufferAllocator extends AutoCloseable {
   /**
    * Create an allocation reservation. A reservation is a way of building up
    * a request for a buffer whose size is not known in advance. See
-   * {@see AllocationReservation}.
+   *
+   * @see AllocationReservation
    *
    * @return the newly created reservation
    */
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ public interface BufferAllocator extends AutoCloseable {
    * special because we don't
    * worry about them leaking or managing reference counts on them since they 
don't actually
    * point to any memory.
+   * @return the empty buffer
    */
   public ArrowBuf getEmpty();
 
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ public interface BufferAllocator extends AutoCloseable {
    * Return the name of this allocator. This is a human readable name that can 
help debugging.
    * Typically provides
    * coordinates about where this allocator was created
+   * @return the name of the allocator
    */
   public String getName();
 
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ public interface BufferAllocator extends AutoCloseable {
    * that an allocator is
    * over its limit, all consumers of that allocator should aggressively try 
to addrss the
    * overlimit situation.
+   * @return whether or not this allocator (or one if its parents) is over its 
limits
    */
   public boolean isOverLimit();
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/BufferManager.java
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diff --git 
a/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/BufferManager.java 
b/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/BufferManager.java
index 2fe763e..3075ebe 100644
--- a/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/BufferManager.java
+++ b/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/BufferManager.java
@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
  * re-allocation the old buffer will be freed. Managing a list of these buffers
  * prevents some parts of the system from needing to define a correct location
  * to place the final call to free them.
- * <p>
- * The current uses of these types of buffers are within the pluggable 
components of Drill.
- * In UDFs, memory management should not be a concern. We provide access to 
re-allocatable
- * ArrowBufs to give UDF writers general purpose buffers we can account for. 
To prevent the need
- * for UDFs to contain boilerplate to close all of the buffers they request, 
this list
- * is tracked at a higher level and all of the buffers are freed once we are 
sure that
- * the code depending on them is done executing (currently {@link 
FragmentContext}
- * and {@link QueryContext}.
  */
 public interface BufferManager extends AutoCloseable {
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/util/HistoricalLog.java
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diff --git 
a/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/util/HistoricalLog.java 
b/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/util/HistoricalLog.java
index c464598..0452dc9 100644
--- a/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/util/HistoricalLog.java
+++ b/java/memory/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/memory/util/HistoricalLog.java
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 package org.apache.arrow.memory.util;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
 /**
  * Utility class that can be used to log activity within a class
  * for later logging and debugging. Supports recording events and
@@ -98,19 +98,20 @@ public class HistoricalLog {
    * events with their stack traces.
    *
    * @param sb {@link StringBuilder} to write to
+   * @param includeStackTrace whether to include the stacktrace of each event 
in the history
    */
   public void buildHistory(final StringBuilder sb, boolean includeStackTrace) {
     buildHistory(sb, 0, includeStackTrace);
   }
 
   /**
-   *
-   * @param sb
-   * @param indent
-   * @param includeStackTrace
+   * build the history and write it to sb
+   * @param sb output
+   * @param indent starting indent (usually "")
+   * @param includeStackTrace whether to include the stacktrace of each event.
    */
-  public synchronized void buildHistory(final StringBuilder sb, int indent, 
boolean
-      includeStackTrace) {
+  public synchronized void buildHistory(
+      final StringBuilder sb, int indent, boolean includeStackTrace) {
     final char[] indentation = new char[indent];
     final char[] innerIndentation = new char[indent + 2];
     Arrays.fill(indentation, ' ');
@@ -151,16 +152,6 @@ public class HistoricalLog {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Write the history of this object to the given {@link StringBuilder}. The 
history
-   * includes the identifying string provided at construction time, and all 
the recorded
-   * events with their stack traces.
-   *
-   * @param sb {@link StringBuilder} to write to
-   * @param additional an extra string that will be written between the 
identifying
-   *     information and the history; often used for a current piece of state
-   */
-
-  /**
    * Write the history of this object to the given {@link Logger}. The history
    * includes the identifying string provided at construction time, and all 
the recorded
    * events with their stack traces.

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldReader.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldReader.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldReader.java
index e0d0fc9..79d4c12 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldReader.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldReader.java
@@ -26,16 +26,19 @@ package org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl;
 
 <#include "/@includes/vv_imports.ftl" />
 
+/*
+ * This class is generated using freemarker and the ${.template_name} template.
+ */
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 abstract class AbstractFieldReader extends AbstractBaseReader implements 
FieldReader{
-  
+
   AbstractFieldReader(){
     super();
   }
 
   /**
    * Returns true if the current value of the reader is not null
-   * @return
+   * @return whether the current value is set
    */
   public boolean isSet() {
     return true;
@@ -52,78 +55,74 @@ abstract class AbstractFieldReader extends 
AbstractBaseReader implements FieldRe
           "Text", "String", "Byte", "Short", "byte[]"] as friendlyType>
   <#assign safeType=friendlyType />
   <#if safeType=="byte[]"><#assign safeType="ByteArray" /></#if>
-  
-  public ${friendlyType} read${safeType}(int arrayIndex){
+  public ${friendlyType} read${safeType}(int arrayIndex) {
     fail("read${safeType}(int arrayIndex)");
     return null;
   }
-  
-  public ${friendlyType} read${safeType}(){
+
+  public ${friendlyType} read${safeType}() {
     fail("read${safeType}()");
     return null;
   }
-  
+
   </#list>
-  
-  public void copyAsValue(MapWriter writer){
+  public void copyAsValue(MapWriter writer) {
     fail("CopyAsValue MapWriter");
   }
-  public void copyAsField(String name, MapWriter writer){
+
+  public void copyAsField(String name, MapWriter writer) {
     fail("CopyAsField MapWriter");
   }
 
-  public void copyAsField(String name, ListWriter writer){
+  public void copyAsField(String name, ListWriter writer) {
     fail("CopyAsFieldList");
   }
-  
+
   <#list vv.types as type><#list type.minor as minor><#assign name = 
minor.class?cap_first />
   <#assign boxedType = (minor.boxedType!type.boxedType) />
-
-  public void read(${name}Holder holder){
+  public void read(${name}Holder holder) {
     fail("${name}");
   }
 
-  public void read(Nullable${name}Holder holder){
+  public void read(Nullable${name}Holder holder) {
     fail("${name}");
   }
-  
-  public void read(int arrayIndex, ${name}Holder holder){
+
+  public void read(int arrayIndex, ${name}Holder holder) {
     fail("Repeated${name}");
   }
-  
-  public void read(int arrayIndex, Nullable${name}Holder holder){
+
+  public void read(int arrayIndex, Nullable${name}Holder holder) {
     fail("Repeated${name}");
   }
-  
-  public void copyAsValue(${name}Writer writer){
+
+  public void copyAsValue(${name}Writer writer) {
     fail("CopyAsValue${name}");
   }
-  public void copyAsField(String name, ${name}Writer writer){
+
+  public void copyAsField(String name, ${name}Writer writer) {
     fail("CopyAsField${name}");
   }
+
   </#list></#list>
-  
-  public FieldReader reader(String name){
+  public FieldReader reader(String name) {
     fail("reader(String name)");
     return null;
   }
 
-  public FieldReader reader(){
+  public FieldReader reader() {
     fail("reader()");
     return null;
-    
   }
-  
-  public int size(){
+
+  public int size() {
     fail("size()");
     return -1;
   }
-  
-  private void fail(String name){
+
+  private void fail(String name) {
     throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("You tried to read a [%s] 
type when you are using a field reader of type [%s].", name, 
this.getClass().getSimpleName()));
   }
-  
-  
 }
 
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractPromotableFieldWriter.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractPromotableFieldWriter.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractPromotableFieldWriter.java
index 60dd0c7..ada0b1d 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractPromotableFieldWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractPromotableFieldWriter.java
@@ -39,14 +39,13 @@ package org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl;
 abstract class AbstractPromotableFieldWriter extends AbstractFieldWriter {
   /**
    * Retrieve the FieldWriter, promoting if it is not a FieldWriter of the 
specified type
-   * @param type
-   * @return
+   * @param type the type of the values we want to write
+   * @return the corresponding field writer
    */
   abstract protected FieldWriter getWriter(MinorType type);
 
   /**
-   * Return the current FieldWriter
-   * @return
+   * @return the current FieldWriter
    */
   abstract protected FieldWriter getWriter();
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java
index a9e875a..dc99aad 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ArrowType.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public abstract class ArrowType {
   /**
    * to visit the ArrowTypes
    * <code>
-   *   type.accept(new ArrowTypeVisitor<Type>() {
+   *   type.accept(new ArrowTypeVisitor&lt;Type&gt;() {
    *   ...
    *   });
    * </code>

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/BaseWriter.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/BaseWriter.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/BaseWriter.java
index 08bd39e..3da02b0 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/BaseWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/BaseWriter.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ package org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.writer;
  * File generated from ${.template_name} using FreeMarker.
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-  public interface BaseWriter extends AutoCloseable, Positionable {
+public interface BaseWriter extends AutoCloseable, Positionable {
   int getValueCapacity();
 
   public interface MapWriter extends BaseWriter {
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ package org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.writer;
 
     /**
      * Whether this writer is a map writer and is empty (has no children).
-     * 
+     *
      * <p>
      *   Intended only for use in determining whether to add dummy vector to
      *   avoid empty (zero-column) schema, as in JsonReader.
      * </p>
-     * 
+     * @return whether the map is empty
      */
     boolean isEmptyMap();
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ComplexCopier.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ComplexCopier.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ComplexCopier.java
index 89368ce..fb7ae0f 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ComplexCopier.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ComplexCopier.java
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ public class ComplexCopier {
 
   /**
    * Do a deep copy of the value in input into output
-   * @param in
-   * @param out
+   * @param input field to read from
+   * @param output field to write to
    */
   public static void copy(FieldReader input, FieldWriter output) {
     writeValue(input, output);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/FixedValueVectors.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/FixedValueVectors.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/FixedValueVectors.java
index 5c09e30..05faaae 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/FixedValueVectors.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/FixedValueVectors.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public final class ${minor.class}Vector extends 
BaseDataValueVector implements F
    *
    * Note that the maximum number of values a vector can allocate is 
Integer.MAX_VALUE / value width.
    *
-   * @param valueCount
+   * @param valueCount the number of values to allocate for
    * @throws org.apache.arrow.memory.OutOfMemoryException if it can't allocate 
the new buffer
    */
   @Override

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java
index 31adc2b..76d2bad 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/NullableValueVectors.java
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ public final class ${className} extends BaseDataValueVector 
implements <#if type
     /**
      * Get the element at the specified position.
      *
-     * @param   index   position of the value
-     * @return  value of the element, if not null
-     * @throws  NullValueException if the value is null
+     * @param  index   position of the value
+     * @return value of the element, if not null
      */
     public <#if type.major == 
"VarLen">byte[]<#else>${minor.javaType!type.javaType}</#if> get(int index) {
       if (isNull(index)) {
@@ -509,7 +508,7 @@ public final class ${className} extends BaseDataValueVector 
implements <#if type
      * Set the variable length element at the specified index to the supplied 
byte array.
      *
      * @param index   position of the bit to set
-     * @param bytes   array of bytes to write
+     * @param value   array of bytes (or int if smaller than 4 bytes) to write
      */
     public void set(int index, <#if type.major == "VarLen">byte[]<#elseif 
(type.width < 4)>int<#else>${minor.javaType!type.javaType}</#if> value) {
       setCount++;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/VariableLengthVectors.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/VariableLengthVectors.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/VariableLengthVectors.java
index 11f0cc8..3d933ad 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/VariableLengthVectors.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/VariableLengthVectors.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public final class ${minor.class}Vector extends 
BaseDataValueVector implements V
 
   /**
    * Return the number of bytes contained in the current var len byte vector.
-   * @return
+   * @return the number of bytes contained in the current var len byte vector
    */
   public int getVarByteLength(){
     final int valueCount = getAccessor().getValueCount();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/SchemaChangeCallBack.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/SchemaChangeCallBack.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/SchemaChangeCallBack.java
index fc0a066..6fdcda2 100644
--- 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/SchemaChangeCallBack.java
+++ 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/SchemaChangeCallBack.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class SchemaChangeCallBack implements CallBack {
   /**
    * Returns the value of schema-changed state, <strong>resetting</strong> the
    * schema-changed state to {@code false}.
+   * @return the previous schema-changed state
    */
   public boolean getSchemaChangedAndReset() {
     final boolean current = schemaChanged;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ValueVector.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ValueVector.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ValueVector.java
index 685b0be..2e83836 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ValueVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ValueVector.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
  *
  * This interface "should" strive to guarantee this order of operation:
  * <blockquote>
- * allocate > mutate > setvaluecount > access > clear (or allocate to start 
the process over).
+ * allocate &gt; mutate &gt; setvaluecount &gt; access &gt; clear (or allocate 
to start the process over).
  * </blockquote>
  */
 public interface ValueVector extends Closeable, Iterable<ValueVector> {
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public interface ValueVector extends Closeable, 
Iterable<ValueVector> {
 
   /**
    * Returns the maximum number of values that can be stored in this vector 
instance.
+   * @return the maximum number of values that can be stored in this vector 
instance.
    */
   int getValueCapacity();
 
@@ -100,13 +101,16 @@ public interface ValueVector extends Closeable, 
Iterable<ValueVector> {
 
   /**
    * Get information about how this field is materialized.
+   * @return the field corresponding to this vector
    */
   Field getField();
 
   MinorType getMinorType();
 
   /**
-   * Returns a {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.util.TransferPair transfer 
pair}, creating a new target vector of
+   * to transfer quota responsibility
+   * @param allocator the target allocator
+   * @return a {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.util.TransferPair transfer 
pair}, creating a new target vector of
    * the same type.
    */
   TransferPair getTransferPair(BufferAllocator allocator);
@@ -116,31 +120,33 @@ public interface ValueVector extends Closeable, 
Iterable<ValueVector> {
   TransferPair getTransferPair(String ref, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack 
callBack);
 
   /**
-   * Returns a new {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.util.TransferPair transfer 
pair} that is used to transfer underlying
+   * makes a new transfer pair used to transfer underlying buffers
+   * @param target the target for the transfer
+   * @return a new {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.util.TransferPair transfer 
pair} that is used to transfer underlying
    * buffers into the target vector.
    */
   TransferPair makeTransferPair(ValueVector target);
 
   /**
-   * Returns an {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector.Accessor accessor} 
that is used to read from this vector
+   * @return an {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector.Accessor accessor} 
that is used to read from this vector
    * instance.
    */
   Accessor getAccessor();
 
   /**
-   * Returns an {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector.Mutator mutator} 
that is used to write to this vector
+   * @return an {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector.Mutator mutator} 
that is used to write to this vector
    * instance.
    */
   Mutator getMutator();
 
   /**
-   * Returns a {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.reader.FieldReader field 
reader} that supports reading values
+   * @return a {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.reader.FieldReader field 
reader} that supports reading values
    * from this vector.
    */
   FieldReader getReader();
 
   /**
-   * Returns the number of bytes that is used by this vector instance.
+   * @return the number of bytes that is used by this vector instance.
    */
   int getBufferSize();
 
@@ -177,21 +183,23 @@ public interface ValueVector extends Closeable, 
Iterable<ValueVector> {
      *
      * @param index
      *          Index of the value to get
+     * @return the friendly java type
      */
     Object getObject(int index);
 
     /**
-     * Returns the number of values that is stored in this vector.
+     * @return the number of values that is stored in this vector.
      */
     int getValueCount();
 
     /**
-     * Returns true if the value at the given index is null, false otherwise.
+     * @param index the index to check for nullity
+     * @return true if the value at the given index is null, false otherwise.
      */
     boolean isNull(int index);
 
     /**
-     * Returns the number of null values
+     * @return the number of null values
      */
     int getNullCount();
   }
@@ -214,6 +222,7 @@ public interface ValueVector extends Closeable, 
Iterable<ValueVector> {
 
     /**
      * @deprecated  this has nothing to do with value vector abstraction and 
should be removed.
+     * @param values the number of values to generate
      */
     @Deprecated
     void generateTestData(int values);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VariableWidthVector.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VariableWidthVector.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VariableWidthVector.java
index 971a241..ed164b5 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VariableWidthVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VariableWidthVector.java
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.arrow.vector;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
-
 public interface VariableWidthVector extends ValueVector{
 
   /**
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ public interface VariableWidthVector extends ValueVector{
 
   /**
    * Provide the maximum amount of variable width bytes that can be stored in 
this vector.
-   * @return
+   * @return the byte capacity of this vector
    */
   int getByteCapacity();
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VectorLoader.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VectorLoader.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VectorLoader.java
index 76de250..33a608c 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VectorLoader.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VectorLoader.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class VectorLoader {
   /**
    * Loads the record batch in the vectors
    * will not close the record batch
-   * @param recordBatch
+   * @param recordBatch the batch to load
    */
   public void load(ArrowRecordBatch recordBatch) {
     Iterator<ArrowBuf> buffers = recordBatch.getBuffers().iterator();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
index 71f2bea..7f8e679 100644
--- 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
+++ 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractContainerVector implements 
ValueVector {
 
   /**
    * Returns a {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector} corresponding to 
the given field name if exists or null.
+   * @param name the name of the child to return
+   * @return the corresponding FieldVector
    */
   public FieldVector getChild(String name) {
     return getChild(name, FieldVector.class);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java
 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java
index 15e8a5b..4b6d82c 100644
--- 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java
+++ 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractMapVector.java
@@ -151,14 +151,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractMapVector extends 
AbstractContainerVector {
 
   /**
    * Returns a {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector} corresponding to 
the given ordinal identifier.
+   * @param id the ordinal of the child to return
+   * @return the corresponding child
    */
   public ValueVector getChildByOrdinal(int id) {
     return vectors.getByOrdinal(id);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns a {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector} instance of subtype 
of <T> corresponding to the given
+   * Returns a {@link org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector} instance of subtype 
of T corresponding to the given
    * field name if exists or null.
+   * @param name the name of the child to return
+   * @param clazz the expected type of the child
+   * @return the child corresponding to this name
    */
   @Override
   public <T extends FieldVector> T getChild(String name, Class<T> clazz) {
@@ -186,6 +191,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractMapVector extends 
AbstractContainerVector {
    * Inserts the vector with the given name if it does not exist else replaces 
it with the new value.
    *
    * Note that this method does not enforce any vector type check nor throws a 
schema change exception.
+   * @param name the name of the child to add
+   * @param vector the vector to add as a child
    */
   protected void putChild(String name, FieldVector vector) {
     putVector(name, vector);
@@ -208,7 +215,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMapVector extends 
AbstractContainerVector {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns a sequence of underlying child vectors.
+   * @return a sequence of underlying child vectors.
    */
   protected List<FieldVector> getChildren() {
     int size = vectors.size();
@@ -228,7 +235,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMapVector extends 
AbstractContainerVector {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the number of underlying child vectors.
+   * @return the number of underlying child vectors.
    */
   @Override
   public int size() {
@@ -241,7 +248,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMapVector extends 
AbstractContainerVector {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns a list of scalar child vectors recursing the entire vector 
hierarchy.
+   * @return a list of scalar child vectors recursing the entire vector 
hierarchy.
    */
   public List<ValueVector> getPrimitiveVectors() {
     final List<ValueVector> primitiveVectors = Lists.newArrayList();
@@ -257,7 +264,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractMapVector extends 
AbstractContainerVector {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns a vector with its corresponding ordinal mapping if field exists 
or null.
+   * @param name the name of the child to return
+   * @return a vector with its corresponding ordinal mapping if field exists 
or null.
    */
   @Override
   public VectorWithOrdinal getChildVectorWithOrdinal(String name) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
index c9a9319..5ff4c2c 100644
--- 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
+++ 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.arrow.vector.complex;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays;
-
-import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.AddOrGetResult;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.BaseValueVector;
@@ -35,6 +31,11 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.FieldType;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.CallBack;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.SchemaChangeRuntimeException;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
+
 public abstract class BaseRepeatedValueVector extends BaseValueVector 
implements RepeatedValueVector {
 
   public final static FieldVector DEFAULT_DATA_VECTOR = ZeroVector.INSTANCE;
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ public abstract class BaseRepeatedValueVector extends 
BaseValueVector implements
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns 1 if inner vector is explicitly set via #addOrGetVector else 0
+   * @return 1 if inner vector is explicitly set via #addOrGetVector else 0
    */
   public int size() {
     return vector == DEFAULT_DATA_VECTOR ? 0:1;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/FixedSizeListVector.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/FixedSizeListVector.java
 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/FixedSizeListVector.java
index 7ac9f3b..0dceeed 100644
--- 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/FixedSizeListVector.java
+++ 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/FixedSizeListVector.java
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
-import com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays;
-
-import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.OutOfMemoryException;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.AddOrGetResult;
@@ -53,6 +48,12 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.JsonStringArrayList;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.SchemaChangeRuntimeException;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.TransferPair;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
+
 public class FixedSizeListVector extends BaseValueVector implements 
FieldVector, PromotableVector {
 
   private FieldVector vector;
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ public class FixedSizeListVector extends BaseValueVector 
implements FieldVector,
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns 1 if inner vector is explicitly set via #addOrGetVector else 0
+   * @return 1 if inner vector is explicitly set via #addOrGetVector else 0
    */
   public int size() {
     return vector == ZeroVector.INSTANCE ? 0 : 1;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedValueVector.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedValueVector.java
 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedValueVector.java
index b01a4e7..de58eda 100644
--- 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedValueVector.java
+++ 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedValueVector.java
@@ -33,14 +33,12 @@ public interface RepeatedValueVector extends ValueVector {
   final static int DEFAULT_REPEAT_PER_RECORD = 5;
 
   /**
-   * Returns the underlying offset vector or null if none exists.
-   *
-   * TODO(DRILL-2995): eliminate exposing low-level interfaces.
+   * @return the underlying offset vector or null if none exists.
    */
   UInt4Vector getOffsetVector();
 
   /**
-   * Returns the underlying data vector or null if none exists.
+   * @return the underlying data vector or null if none exists.
    */
   ValueVector getDataVector();
 
@@ -52,22 +50,21 @@ public interface RepeatedValueVector extends ValueVector {
 
   interface RepeatedAccessor extends ValueVector.Accessor {
     /**
-     * Returns total number of cells that vector contains.
-     *
      * The result includes empty, null valued cells.
+     * @return total number of cells that vector contains.
      */
     int getInnerValueCount();
 
 
     /**
-     * Returns number of cells that the value at the given index contains.
+     * @param index the index of the value for which we want the size
+     * @return number of cells that the value at the given index contains.
      */
     int getInnerValueCountAt(int index);
 
     /**
-     * Returns true if the value at the given index is empty, false otherwise.
-     *
      * @param index  value index
+     * @return true if the value at the given index is empty, false otherwise.
      */
     boolean isEmpty(int index);
   }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedVariableWidthVectorLike.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedVariableWidthVectorLike.java
 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedVariableWidthVectorLike.java
index 93b744e..29f9d75 100644
--- 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedVariableWidthVectorLike.java
+++ 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedVariableWidthVectorLike.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public interface RepeatedVariableWidthVectorLike {
 
   /**
    * Provide the maximum amount of variable width bytes that can be stored int 
his vector.
-   * @return
+   * @return the byte capacity
    */
   int getByteCapacity();
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/ArrowWriter.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/ArrowWriter.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/ArrowWriter.java
index 60a6afb..1716287 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/ArrowWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/ArrowWriter.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
-
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.VectorSchemaRoot;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.VectorUnloader;
@@ -42,6 +40,8 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Schema;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+
 public abstract class ArrowWriter implements AutoCloseable {
 
   private static final Logger LOGGER = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(ArrowWriter.class);
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ public abstract class ArrowWriter implements AutoCloseable {
   /**
    * Note: fields are not closed when the writer is closed
    *
-   * @param root
-   * @param provider
-   * @param out
+   * @param root the vectors to write to the output
+   * @param provider where to find the dictionaries
+   * @param out the output where to write
    */
   protected ArrowWriter(VectorSchemaRoot root, DictionaryProvider provider, 
WritableByteChannel out) {
     this.unloader = new VectorUnloader(root);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/ReadChannel.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/ReadChannel.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/ReadChannel.java
index b062f38..87450e3 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/ReadChannel.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/file/ReadChannel.java
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ public class ReadChannel implements AutoCloseable {
   /**
    * Reads bytes into buffer until it is full (buffer.remaining() == 0). 
Returns the
    * number of bytes read which can be less than full if there are no more.
+   * @param buffer The buffer to read to
+   * @return the number of byte read
+   * @throws IOException if nit enough bytes left to read
    */
   public int readFully(ByteBuffer buffer) throws IOException {
     LOGGER.debug("Reading buffer with size: " + buffer.remaining());
@@ -58,6 +61,10 @@ public class ReadChannel implements AutoCloseable {
 
   /**
    * Reads up to len into buffer. Returns bytes read.
+   * @param buffer the buffer to read to
+   * @param l the amount of bytes to read
+   * @return the number of bytes read
+   * @throws IOException if nit enough bytes left to read
    */
   public int readFully(ArrowBuf buffer, int l) throws IOException {
     int n = readFully(buffer.nioBuffer(buffer.writerIndex(), l));

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/stream/ArrowStreamReader.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/stream/ArrowStreamReader.java
 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/stream/ArrowStreamReader.java
index 2deef37..641978a 100644
--- 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/stream/ArrowStreamReader.java
+++ 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/stream/ArrowStreamReader.java
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@
  */
 package org.apache.arrow.vector.stream;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.channels.Channels;
+import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
+
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.file.ArrowReader;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.file.ReadChannel;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.ArrowMessage;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Schema;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.channels.Channels;
-import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
-
 /**
  * This classes reads from an input stream and produces ArrowRecordBatches.
  */
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public class ArrowStreamReader extends 
ArrowReader<ReadChannel> {
 
     /**
     * Constructs a streaming read, reading bytes from 'in'. Non-blocking.
+    * @param in the stream to read from
+    * @param allocator to allocate new buffers
     */
     public ArrowStreamReader(ReadableByteChannel in, BufferAllocator 
allocator) {
         super(new ReadChannel(in), allocator);
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ public class ArrowStreamReader extends 
ArrowReader<ReadChannel> {
 
     /**
      * Reads the schema message from the beginning of the stream.
+     * @param in to allocate new buffers
+     * @return the deserialized arrow schema
      */
     @Override
     protected Schema readSchema(ReadChannel in) throws IOException {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/stream/MessageSerializer.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/stream/MessageSerializer.java
 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/stream/MessageSerializer.java
index 228ab61..2fd9374 100644
--- 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/stream/MessageSerializer.java
+++ 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/stream/MessageSerializer.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import com.google.flatbuffers.FlatBufferBuilder;
-
-import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
 import org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.Buffer;
 import org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.DictionaryBatch;
 import org.apache.arrow.flatbuf.FieldNode;
@@ -43,6 +40,10 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.ArrowMessage;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.schema.ArrowRecordBatch;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Schema;
 
+import com.google.flatbuffers.FlatBufferBuilder;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf;
+
 /**
  * Utility class for serializing Messages. Messages are all serialized a 
similar way.
  * 1. 4 byte little endian message header prefix
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ public class MessageSerializer {
 
   /**
    * Serialize a schema object.
+   * @param out where to write the schema
+   * @param schema the object to serialize to out
+   * @return the resulting size of the serialized schema
+   * @throws IOException if something went wrong
    */
   public static long serialize(WriteChannel out, Schema schema) throws 
IOException {
     FlatBufferBuilder builder = new FlatBufferBuilder();
@@ -81,6 +86,9 @@ public class MessageSerializer {
 
   /**
    * Deserializes a schema object. Format is from serialize().
+   * @param in the channel to deserialize from
+   * @return the deserialized object
+   * @throws IOException if something went wrong
    */
   public static Schema deserializeSchema(ReadChannel in) throws IOException {
     Message message = deserializeMessage(in);
@@ -98,6 +106,10 @@ public class MessageSerializer {
 
   /**
    * Serializes an ArrowRecordBatch. Returns the offset and length of the 
written batch.
+   * @param out where to write the batch
+   * @param batch the object to serialize to out
+   * @return the serialized block metadata
+   * @throws IOException if something went wrong
    */
   public static ArrowBlock serialize(WriteChannel out, ArrowRecordBatch batch)
           throws IOException {
@@ -153,6 +165,11 @@ public class MessageSerializer {
 
   /**
    * Deserializes a RecordBatch
+   * @param in the channel to deserialize from
+   * @param message the object to derialize to
+   * @param alloc to allocate buffers
+   * @return the deserialized object
+   * @throws IOException if something went wrong
    */
   private static ArrowRecordBatch deserializeRecordBatch(ReadChannel in, 
Message message, BufferAllocator alloc)
       throws IOException {
@@ -171,6 +188,11 @@ public class MessageSerializer {
   /**
    * Deserializes a RecordBatch knowing the size of the entire message up 
front. This
    * minimizes the number of reads to the underlying stream.
+   * @param in the channel to deserialize from
+   * @param block the object to derialize to
+   * @param alloc to allocate buffers
+   * @return the deserialized object
+   * @throws IOException if something went wrong
    */
   public static ArrowRecordBatch deserializeRecordBatch(ReadChannel in, 
ArrowBlock block,
       BufferAllocator alloc) throws IOException {
@@ -231,6 +253,10 @@ public class MessageSerializer {
 
   /**
    * Serializes a dictionary ArrowRecordBatch. Returns the offset and length 
of the written batch.
+   * @param out where to serialize
+   * @param batch the batch to serialize
+   * @return the metadata of the serialized block
+   * @throws IOException if something went wrong
    */
   public static ArrowBlock serialize(WriteChannel out, ArrowDictionaryBatch 
batch) throws IOException {
     long start = out.getCurrentPosition();
@@ -264,6 +290,11 @@ public class MessageSerializer {
 
   /**
    * Deserializes a DictionaryBatch
+   * @param in where to read from
+   * @param message the message message metadata to deserialize
+   * @param alloc the allocator for new buffers
+   * @return the corresponding dictionary batch
+   * @throws IOException if something went wrong
    */
   private static ArrowDictionaryBatch deserializeDictionaryBatch(ReadChannel 
in,
                                                                  Message 
message,
@@ -284,6 +315,11 @@ public class MessageSerializer {
   /**
    * Deserializes a DictionaryBatch knowing the size of the entire message up 
front. This
    * minimizes the number of reads to the underlying stream.
+   * @param in where to read from
+   * @param block block metadata for deserializing
+   * @param alloc to allocate new buffers
+   * @return the corresponding dictionary
+   * @throws IOException if something went wrong
    */
   public static ArrowDictionaryBatch deserializeDictionaryBatch(ReadChannel in,
                                                                 ArrowBlock 
block,
@@ -331,6 +367,11 @@ public class MessageSerializer {
 
   /**
    * Serializes a message header.
+   * @param builder to write the flatbuf to
+   * @param headerType headerType field
+   * @param headerOffset header offset field
+   * @param bodyLength body length field
+   * @return the corresponding ByteBuffer
    */
   private static ByteBuffer serializeMessage(FlatBufferBuilder builder, byte 
headerType,
       int headerOffset, int bodyLength) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Schema.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Schema.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Schema.java
index c33bd6e..cede3e8 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Schema.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/pojo/Schema.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import com.google.flatbuffers.FlatBufferBuilder;
 public class Schema {
 
   /**
-   * @param the list of the fields
+   * @param fields the list of the fields
    * @param name the name of the field to return
    * @return the corresponding field
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the field was not found

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/MapWithOrdinal.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/MapWithOrdinal.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/MapWithOrdinal.java
index d7f9d38..b35aaa4 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/MapWithOrdinal.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/MapWithOrdinal.java
@@ -24,16 +24,18 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+
 import io.netty.util.collection.IntObjectHashMap;
 import io.netty.util.collection.IntObjectMap;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of map that supports constant time look-up by a generic 
key or an ordinal.
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ public class MapWithOrdinal<K, V> implements Map<K, V> {
    * assignment. A new ordinal is assigned if key does not exists. Otherwise 
the same ordinal is re-used but the value
    * is replaced.
    *
-   * {@see java.util.Map#put}
+   * @see java.util.Map#put
    */
   @Override
   public V put(K key, V value) {
@@ -217,11 +219,11 @@ public class MapWithOrdinal<K, V> implements Map<K, V> {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Removes the element corresponding to the key if exists extending the 
semantics of {@link Map#remove} with ordinal
+   * Removes the element corresponding to the key if exists extending the 
semantics of {@link java.util.Map#remove} with ordinal
    * re-cycling. The ordinal corresponding to the given key may be re-assigned 
to another tuple. It is important that
-   * consumer checks the ordinal value via {@link #getOrdinal(Object)} before 
attempting to look-up by ordinal.
+   * consumer checks the ordinal value via {@link 
org.apache.arrow.vector.util.MapWithOrdinal#getOrdinal(Object)} before 
attempting to look-up by ordinal.
    *
-   * {@see java.util.Map#remove}
+   * @see java.util.Map#remove
    */
   @Override
   public V remove(Object key) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/OversizedAllocationException.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/OversizedAllocationException.java
 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/OversizedAllocationException.java
index ec628b2..bd73962 100644
--- 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/OversizedAllocationException.java
+++ 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/OversizedAllocationException.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ package org.apache.arrow.vector.util;
  * An exception that is used to signal that allocation request in bytes is 
greater than the maximum allowed by
  * {@link org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator#buffer(int) allocator}.
  *
- * <p>Operators should handle this exception to split the batch and later 
resume the execution on the next
- * {@link RecordBatch#next() iteration}.</p>
+ * <p>Operators should handle this exception to split the batch and later 
resume the execution on the next iteration.</p>
  *
  */
 public class OversizedAllocationException extends RuntimeException {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Text.java
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diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Text.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Text.java
index 3db4358..ce82f44 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Text.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Text.java
@@ -74,18 +74,22 @@ public class Text {
 
   /**
    * Construct from a string.
+   * @param string initialize from that string
    */
   public Text(String string) {
     set(string);
   }
 
-  /** Construct from another text. */
+  /** Construct from another text.
+   * @param utf8 initialize from that Text
+   */
   public Text(Text utf8) {
     set(utf8);
   }
 
   /**
    * Construct from a byte array.
+   * @param utf8 initialize from that byte array
    */
   public Text(byte[] utf8) {
     set(utf8);
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ public class Text {
   /**
    * Get a copy of the bytes that is exactly the length of the data. See 
{@link #getBytes()} for faster access to the
    * underlying array.
+   * @return a copy of the underlying array
    */
   public byte[] copyBytes() {
     byte[] result = new byte[length];
@@ -104,12 +109,13 @@ public class Text {
   /**
    * Returns the raw bytes; however, only data up to {@link #getLength()} is 
valid. Please use {@link #copyBytes()} if
    * you need the returned array to be precisely the length of the data.
+   * @return the underlying array
    */
   public byte[] getBytes() {
     return bytes;
   }
 
-  /** Returns the number of bytes in the byte array */
+  /** @return the number of bytes in the byte array */
   public int getLength() {
     return length;
   }
@@ -118,6 +124,7 @@ public class Text {
    * Returns the Unicode Scalar Value (32-bit integer value) for the character 
at <code>position</code>. Note that this
    * method avoids using the converter or doing String instantiation
    *
+   * @param position the index of the char we want to retrieve
    * @return the Unicode scalar value at position or -1 if the position is 
invalid or points to a trailing byte
    */
   public int charAt(int position) {
@@ -143,6 +150,8 @@ public class Text {
    * starting position is measured in bytes and the return value is in terms 
of byte position in the buffer. The backing
    * buffer is not converted to a string for this operation.
    *
+   * @param what the string to search for
+   * @param start where to start from
    * @return byte position of the first occurence of the search string in the 
UTF-8 buffer or -1 if not found
    */
   public int find(String what, int start) {
@@ -187,6 +196,7 @@ public class Text {
 
   /**
    * Set to contain the contents of a string.
+   * @param string the string to initialize from
    */
   public void set(String string) {
     try {
@@ -200,12 +210,14 @@ public class Text {
 
   /**
    * Set to a utf8 byte array
+   * @param utf8 the byte array to initialize from
    */
   public void set(byte[] utf8) {
     set(utf8, 0, utf8.length);
   }
 
-  /** copy a text. */
+  /** copy a text.
+   * @param other the text to initialize from */
   public void set(Text other) {
     set(other.getBytes(), 0, other.getLength());
   }
@@ -253,13 +265,12 @@ public class Text {
     length = 0;
   }
 
-  /*
+  /**
    * Sets the capacity of this Text object to <em>at least</em> 
<code>len</code> bytes. If the current buffer is longer,
    * then the capacity and existing content of the buffer are unchanged. If 
<code>len</code> is larger than the current
    * capacity, the Text object's capacity is increased to match.
    *
    * @param len the number of bytes we need
-   *
    * @param keepData should the old data be kept
    */
   private void setCapacity(int len, boolean keepData) {
@@ -272,11 +283,6 @@ public class Text {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Convert text back to string
-   *
-   * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
-   */
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     try {
@@ -289,6 +295,9 @@ public class Text {
   /**
    * Read a Text object whose length is already known. This allows creating 
Text from a stream which uses a different
    * serialization format.
+   * @param in the input to initialize from
+   * @param len how many bytes to read from in
+   * @throws IOException if something bad happens
    */
   public void readWithKnownLength(DataInput in, int len) throws IOException {
     setCapacity(len, false);
@@ -296,7 +305,6 @@ public class Text {
     length = len;
   }
 
-  /** Returns true iff <code>o</code> is a Text with the same contents. */
   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object o) {
     if (o == this) {
@@ -326,7 +334,7 @@ public class Text {
   /**
    * Copied from Arrays.hashCode so we don't have to copy the byte array
    *
-   * @return
+   * @return hashCode
    */
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
@@ -346,6 +354,9 @@ public class Text {
   /**
    * Converts the provided byte array to a String using the UTF-8 encoding. If 
the input is malformed, replace by a
    * default value.
+   * @param utf8 bytes to decode
+   * @return the decoded string
+   * @throws CharacterCodingException if this is not valid UTF-8
    */
   public static String decode(byte[] utf8) throws CharacterCodingException {
     return decode(ByteBuffer.wrap(utf8), true);
@@ -360,6 +371,12 @@ public class Text {
    * Converts the provided byte array to a String using the UTF-8 encoding. If 
<code>replace</code> is true, then
    * malformed input is replaced with the substitution character, which is 
U+FFFD. Otherwise the method throws a
    * MalformedInputException.
+   * @param utf8 the bytes to decode
+   * @param start where to start from
+   * @param length length of the bytes to decode
+   * @param replace whether to replace malformed characters with U+FFFD
+   * @return the decoded string
+   * @throws CharacterCodingException if the input could not be decoded
    */
   public static String decode(byte[] utf8, int start, int length, boolean 
replace)
       throws CharacterCodingException {
@@ -387,9 +404,10 @@ public class Text {
    * Converts the provided String to bytes using the UTF-8 encoding. If the 
input is malformed, invalid chars are
    * replaced by a default value.
    *
+   * @param string the string to encode
    * @return ByteBuffer: bytes stores at ByteBuffer.array() and length is 
ByteBuffer.limit()
+   * @throws CharacterCodingException if the string could not be encoded
    */
-
   public static ByteBuffer encode(String string)
       throws CharacterCodingException {
     return encode(string, true);
@@ -400,7 +418,11 @@ public class Text {
    * input is replaced with the substitution character, which is U+FFFD. 
Otherwise the method throws a
    * MalformedInputException.
    *
+
+   * @param string the string to encode
+   * @param replace whether to replace malformed characters with U+FFFD
    * @return ByteBuffer: bytes stores at ByteBuffer.array() and length is 
ByteBuffer.limit()
+   * @throws CharacterCodingException if the string could not be encoded
    */
   public static ByteBuffer encode(String string, boolean replace)
       throws CharacterCodingException {
@@ -553,6 +575,8 @@ public class Text {
   /**
    * Returns the next code point at the current position in the buffer. The 
buffer's position will be incremented. Any
    * mark set on this buffer will be changed by this method!
+   * @param bytes the incoming bytes
+   * @return the corresponding unicode codepoint
    */
   public static int bytesToCodePoint(ByteBuffer bytes) {
     bytes.mark();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/arrow/blob/569426b9/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Validator.java
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diff --git 
a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Validator.java 
b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Validator.java
index f294e20..3035576 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Validator.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/util/Validator.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public class Validator {
     /**
      * Validate two arrow schemas are equal.
      *
+     * @param schema1 the 1st shema to compare
+     * @param schema2 the 2nd shema to compare
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if they are different.
      */
     public static void compareSchemas(Schema schema1, Schema schema2) {
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ public class Validator {
     /**
      * Validate two arrow vectorSchemaRoot are equal.
      *
+     * @param root1 the 1st shema to compare
+     * @param root2 the 2nd shema to compare
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if they are different.
      */
     public static void compareVectorSchemaRoot(VectorSchemaRoot root1, 
VectorSchemaRoot root2) {

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