Preserve field metadata across expressions in logical plans #6920
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Which issue does this PR close?
Closes #6886.
Rationale for this change
This change improves support for extension types by allowing access to field metadata at the logical planning stage.
What changes are included in this PR?
ExprSchemable::metadata
method.ExprSchemable::to_field
to populate field metadata.metadata
andwith_metadata
toDFField
to matchField
methods inarrow-rs
.Are these changes tested?
Yes
Are there any user-facing changes?
No