Github user ueshin commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/18680#discussion_r128425637
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sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/vectorized/ReadOnlyColumnVector.java
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+public abstract class ReadOnlyColumnVector extends ColumnVector {
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I agree that it'd be better to refactor `ColumnVector`, but I think
`ColumnVector` is related to `ColumnarBatch` or other classes, so we should do
it, and also refactor `ColumnarBatch` at the same time, in the future PRs.
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