[Java][FlightRPC] FlightData deserializer should accept missing fields #26885
Description
To be compatible with Protobuf implementations, missing fields should not be treated as an error. The C++ implementation has the same issue, and this is causing issues with the C# and Rust implementations (and presumably the Go implementation)
Reporter: David Li / @lidavidm
Assignee: David Li / @lidavidm
Related issues:
- [C#][FlightRPC] incompatible with java client for empty record batches (relates to)
- [C++][FlightRPC] Missing protobuf data_body should result in default value of empty bytes, not null (relates to)
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Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-10962. Please see the migration documentation for further details.