fix: addressing reviews

java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractStructVector.java

@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ public ArrowBuf[] getBuffers(boolean clear) {
     final List<ArrowBuf> buffers = new ArrayList<>();
 
     for (final ValueVector vector : vectors.values()) {
-      for (final ArrowBuf buf : vector.getBuffers(clear)) {
+      for (final ArrowBuf buf : vector.getBuffers(false)) {
         buffers.add(buf);
         if (clear) {
           buf.getReferenceManager().retain(1);

java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/FixedSizeListVector.java

@@ -360,6 +360,17 @@ public void reset() {
     valueCount = 0;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the underlying buffers associated with this vector. Note that this doesn't impact the
+   * reference counts for this buffer, so it only should be used for in-context access. Also note
+   * that this buffer changes regularly, thus external classes shouldn't hold a reference to it
+   * (unless they change it).
+   *
+   * @param clear Whether to clear vector before returning, the buffers will still be refcounted but
+   *     the returned array will be the only reference to them. Also, this won't clear the child
+   *     buffers.
+   * @return The underlying {@link ArrowBuf buffers} that is used by this vector instance.
+   */
   @Override
   public ArrowBuf[] getBuffers(boolean clear) {
     setReaderAndWriterIndex();
@@ -369,7 +380,7 @@ public ArrowBuf[] getBuffers(boolean clear) {
     } else {
       List<ArrowBuf> list = new ArrayList<>();
       list.add(validityBuffer);
-      list.addAll(Arrays.asList(vector.getBuffers(clear)));
+      list.addAll(Arrays.asList(vector.getBuffers(false)));
       buffers = list.toArray(new ArrowBuf[list.size()]);
     }
     if (clear) {