pub struct VariantValueArrayBuilder {
    value_builder: ValueBuilder,
    value_offsets: Vec<usize>,
    nulls: NullBufferBuilder,
}Expand description
A builder for creating only the value column of a VariantArray
This builder is used when you have existing metadata and only need to build the value column. It’s useful for scenarios like variant unshredding, data transformation, or filtering where you want to reuse existing metadata.
The builder produces a [BinaryViewArray] that can be combined with existing
metadata to create a complete VariantArray.
§Example:
// Create a variant value builder for 10 rows
let mut builder = VariantValueArrayBuilder::new(10);
// Append some values with their corresponding metadata, which the
// builder takes advantage of to avoid creating new metadata.
builder.append_value(Variant::from(42));
builder.append_null();
builder.append_value(Variant::from("hello"));
// Build the final value array
let value_array = builder.build().unwrap();
assert_eq!(value_array.len(), 3);Fields§
§value_builder: ValueBuilder§value_offsets: Vec<usize>§nulls: NullBufferBuilderImplementations§
Source§impl VariantValueArrayBuilder
 
impl VariantValueArrayBuilder
Sourcepub fn new(row_capacity: usize) -> Self
 
pub fn new(row_capacity: usize) -> Self
Create a new VariantValueArrayBuilder with the specified row capacity
Sourcepub fn build(self) -> Result<BinaryViewArray, ArrowError>
 
pub fn build(self) -> Result<BinaryViewArray, ArrowError>
Build the final value array
Returns a [BinaryViewArray] containing the serialized variant values.
This can be combined with existing metadata to create a complete VariantArray.
Sourcepub fn append_null(&mut self)
 
pub fn append_null(&mut self)
Append a null row to the builder
WARNING: It is only valid to call this method when building the value field of a shredded
variant column (which is nullable). The value field of a binary (unshredded) variant
column is non-nullable, and callers should instead invoke Self::append_value with
Variant::Null, passing the appropriate metadata value.
Sourcepub fn append_value(&mut self, value: Variant<'_, '_>)
 
pub fn append_value(&mut self, value: Variant<'_, '_>)
Append a variant value with its corresponding metadata
§Arguments
- value- The variant value to append
- metadata- The metadata dictionary for this variant (used for field name resolution)
§Returns
- Ok(())if the value was successfully appended
- Err(ArrowError)if the variant contains field names not found in the metadata
§Example
let mut builder = VariantValueArrayBuilder::new(10);
builder.append_value(Variant::from(42));Sourcepub fn parent_state<'a>(
    &'a mut self,
    metadata_builder: &'a mut dyn MetadataBuilder,
) -> ParentState<'a, ValueArrayBuilderState<'a>>
 
pub fn parent_state<'a>( &'a mut self, metadata_builder: &'a mut dyn MetadataBuilder, ) -> ParentState<'a, ValueArrayBuilderState<'a>>
Creates a builder-specific parent state.
For example, this can be useful for code that wants to copy a subset of fields from an
object value as a new row of value_array_builder:
let Variant::Object(obj) = value else {
    panic!("Not a variant object");
};
let mut metadata_builder = ReadOnlyMetadataBuilder::new(&obj.metadata);
let state = value_array_builder.parent_state(&mut metadata_builder);
let mut object_builder = ObjectBuilder::new(state, false);
for (field_name, field_value) in obj.iter() {
    if should_keep(field_name) {
        object_builder.insert_bytes(field_name, field_value);
    }
}
 object_builder.finish(); // appends the filtered objectSourcepub fn builder_ext<'a>(
    &'a mut self,
    metadata: &'a VariantMetadata<'a>,
) -> VariantValueArrayBuilderExt<'a>
 
pub fn builder_ext<'a>( &'a mut self, metadata: &'a VariantMetadata<'a>, ) -> VariantValueArrayBuilderExt<'a>
Creates a thin [VariantBuilderExt] wrapper for this builder, which hides the metadata
parameter (similar to the way [parquet_variant::ObjectFieldBuilder] hides field names).