Add an option to allow auto conversion from empty fields to NULL
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Description
Right now, Parquet Writer throws out an exception:
`Parquet record is malformed: empty fields are illegal, the field should be ommited completely instead`
when an empty field (array or struct or map I guess?) is written.
The suggestion here is to add an option "auto_convert_empty_fields_to_null" that convert empty fields to null automatically on write.
The LOC to change is [here:](https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/apache/parquet-mr/-/blob/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/io/MessageColumnIO.java#L328)
> `if (emptyField) {`
> ` {{ throw new ParquetEncodingException("empty fields are illegal, the field should be ommited completely instead");`}}
> ``}
**Reporter**: [Zheng Shao](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=zshao)
**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [PARQUET-1945](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-1945). Please see the [migration documentation](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-2502) for further details.*
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