[Java] ArrowIPCTableWriter writes en empty batch in the case of an empty table.

java/src/main/native/src/TableJni.cpp

@@ -258,7 +258,15 @@ class native_arrow_ipc_writer_handle final {
       writer = *tmp_writer;
       initialized = true;
     }
-    writer->WriteTable(*arrow_tab, max_chunk);
+    if (arrow_tab->num_rows() == 0) {
+      // Arrow C++ IPC writer will not write an empty batch in the case of an
+      // empty table, so need to write an empty batch explicitly.
+      // For more please see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-17912.
+      auto empty_batch = arrow::RecordBatch::MakeEmpty(arrow_tab->schema());
+      writer->WriteRecordBatch(*(*empty_batch));
+    } else {
+      writer->WriteTable(*arrow_tab, max_chunk);
+    }
   }
 
   void close() {

java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java

@@ -7937,6 +7937,35 @@ void testArrowIPCWriteToBufferChunked() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testArrowIPCWriteEmptyToBufferChunked() {
+    try (Table emptyTable = new Table.TestBuilder().timestampDayColumn().build();
+         MyBufferConsumer consumer = new MyBufferConsumer()) {
+      ArrowIPCWriterOptions options = ArrowIPCWriterOptions.builder()
+              .withColumnNames("day")
+              .build();
+      try (TableWriter writer = Table.writeArrowIPCChunked(options, consumer)) {
+        writer.write(emptyTable);
+      }
+      try (StreamedTableReader reader = Table.readArrowIPCChunked(new MyBufferProvider(consumer))) {
+        boolean done = false;
+        int count = 0;
+        while (!done) {
+          try (Table t = reader.getNextIfAvailable()) {
+            if (t == null) {
+              done = true;
+            } else {
+              assertTablesAreEqual(emptyTable, t);
+              count++;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        // Expect one empty batch for the empty table.
+        assertEquals(1, count);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testORCWriteToBufferChunked() {
     String[] selectedColumns = WriteUtils.getAllColumns(false);