These are string and binary types that use 64-bit offsets. Java will not need to implement these types for the time being, but they are needed when representing very large datasets in C++

Reporter: Wes McKinney / @wesm
Assignee: Antoine Pitrou / @pitrou

Related issues:

• [Format][C++] Add "LargeList" type with 64-bit offsets (is related to)
• [Python] Expose LargeBinaryType and LargeStringType (is required by)

PRs and other links:

• GitHub Pull Request #4919
• GitHub Pull Request #4921

_{Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-750. Please see the migration documentation for further details.}