gf2121 opened a new issue, #14873: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14873
### Describe the enhancement requested Today DictionaryEncoder always forces the building of a DictionaryHashTable in the constructor. It can be avoided in scenarios where only decoding is required. ### Component(s) Java -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org