[Variant] VariantArray::value can return owned bytes now

parquet-variant-compute/src/lib.rs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ mod variant_array_builder;
 pub mod variant_get;
 mod variant_to_arrow;
 
-pub use variant_array::{ShreddingState, VariantArray, VariantType};
+pub use variant_array::{ShreddingState, VariantArray, VariantArrayValue, VariantType};
 pub use variant_array_builder::{VariantArrayBuilder, VariantValueArrayBuilder};
 
 pub use cast_to_variant::{cast_to_variant, cast_to_variant_with_options};

parquet-variant-compute/src/shred_variant.rs

@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ pub fn shred_variant(array: &VariantArray, as_type: &DataType) -> Result<Variant
         if array.is_null(i) {
             builder.append_null()?;
         } else {
-            builder.append_value(array.value(i))?;
+            array
+                .value(i)
+                .consume(|value| builder.append_value(value))?;
         }
     }
     let (value, typed_value, nulls) = builder.finish()?;

parquet-variant-compute/src/variant_array.rs

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ use arrow::datatypes::{
 use arrow_schema::extension::ExtensionType;
 use arrow_schema::{ArrowError, DataType, Field, FieldRef, Fields};
 use parquet_variant::Uuid;
-use parquet_variant::Variant;
+use parquet_variant::{Variant, VariantList, VariantMetadata, VariantObject};
+
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 /// Arrow Variant [`ExtensionType`].
@@ -72,6 +74,96 @@ impl ExtensionType for VariantType {
     }
 }
 
+pub enum VariantArrayValue<'m, 'v> {
+    Borrowed(Variant<'m, 'v>),
+    Owned {
+        metadata: VariantMetadata<'m>,
+        value_bytes: Vec<u8>,
+    },
+}
+
+impl<'m, 'v> VariantArrayValue<'m, 'v> {
+    pub fn borrowed(value: Variant<'m, 'v>) -> Self {
+        Self::Borrowed(value)
+    }
+    pub fn owned(metadata_bytes: &'m [u8], value_bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+        Self::Owned {
+            metadata: VariantMetadata::new(metadata_bytes),
+            value_bytes,
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn consume<R>(self, visitor: impl FnOnce(Variant<'_, '_>) -> R) -> R {
+        match self {
+            VariantArrayValue::Borrowed(v) => visitor(v),
+            VariantArrayValue::Owned {
+                metadata,
+                value_bytes,
+            } => visitor(Variant::new_with_metadata(metadata, &value_bytes)),
+        }
+    }
+    // internal helper for when we don't want to pay the extra clone
+    fn as_variant_cow(&self) -> Cow<'_, Variant<'m, '_>> {
+        match self {
+            VariantArrayValue::Borrowed(v) => Cow::Borrowed(v),
+            VariantArrayValue::Owned {
+                metadata,
+                value_bytes,
+            } => Cow::Owned(Variant::new_with_metadata(metadata.clone(), value_bytes)),
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn as_variant(&self) -> Variant<'m, '_> {
+        self.as_variant_cow().into_owned()
+    }
+    pub fn metadata(&self) -> &VariantMetadata<'m> {
+        match self {
+            VariantArrayValue::Borrowed(v) => v.metadata(),
+            VariantArrayValue::Owned { metadata, .. } => metadata,
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn as_object(&self) -> Option<VariantObject<'m, '_>> {
+        self.as_variant_cow().as_object().cloned()
+    }
+    pub fn as_list(&self) -> Option<VariantList<'m, '_>> {
+        self.as_variant_cow().as_list().cloned()
+    }
+    pub fn get_object_field<'s>(&'s self, field_name: &str) -> Option<Variant<'m, 's>> {
+        self.as_variant_cow().get_object_field(field_name)
+    }
+    pub fn get_list_element(&self, index: usize) -> Option<Variant<'m, '_>> {
+        self.as_variant_cow().get_list_element(index)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'m, 'v> From<Variant<'m, 'v>> for VariantArrayValue<'m, 'v> {
+    fn from(value: Variant<'m, 'v>) -> Self {
+        Self::borrowed(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq for VariantArrayValue<'_, '_> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &VariantArrayValue<'_, '_>) -> bool {
+        self.as_variant_cow().as_ref() == other.as_variant_cow().as_ref()
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq<Variant<'_, '_>> for VariantArrayValue<'_, '_> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Variant<'_, '_>) -> bool {
+        self.as_variant_cow().as_ref() == other
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq<VariantArrayValue<'_, '_>> for Variant<'_, '_> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &VariantArrayValue<'_, '_>) -> bool {
+        self == other.as_variant_cow().as_ref()
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for VariantArrayValue<'_, '_> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        self.as_variant_cow().fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
 /// An array of Parquet [`Variant`] values
 ///
 /// A [`VariantArray`] wraps an Arrow [`StructArray`] that stores the underlying
@@ -352,39 +444,24 @@ impl VariantArray {
     ///
     /// Note: Does not do deep validation of the [`Variant`], so it is up to the
     /// caller to ensure that the metadata and value were constructed correctly.
-    pub fn value(&self, index: usize) -> Variant<'_, '_> {
-        match &self.shredding_state {
-            ShreddingState::Unshredded { value, .. } => {
-                // Unshredded case
-                Variant::new(self.metadata.value(index), value.value(index))
+    pub fn value(&self, index: usize) -> VariantArrayValue<'_, '_> {
+        let value = match &self.shredding_state {
+            // Always prefer to use the typed_value, if present
+            ShreddingState::Typed { typed_value, .. }
+            | ShreddingState::PartiallyShredded { typed_value, .. }
+                if typed_value.is_valid(index) =>
+            {
+                return typed_value_to_variant(typed_value, index);
             }
-            ShreddingState::Typed { typed_value, .. } => {
-                // Typed case (formerly PerfectlyShredded)
-                if typed_value.is_null(index) {
-                    Variant::Null
-                } else {
-                    typed_value_to_variant(typed_value, index)
-                }
-            }
-            ShreddingState::PartiallyShredded {
-                value, typed_value, ..
-            } => {
-                // PartiallyShredded case (formerly ImperfectlyShredded)
-                if typed_value.is_null(index) {
-                    Variant::new(self.metadata.value(index), value.value(index))
-                } else {
-                    typed_value_to_variant(typed_value, index)
-                }
-            }
-            ShreddingState::AllNull => {
-                // AllNull case: neither value nor typed_value fields exist
-                // NOTE: This handles the case where neither value nor typed_value fields exist.
-                // For top-level variants, this returns Variant::Null (JSON null).
-                // For shredded object fields, this technically should indicate SQL NULL,
-                // but the current API cannot distinguish these contexts.
-                Variant::Null
+            // If no typed_value, fall back to value, if present
+            ShreddingState::Unshredded { value, .. }
+            | ShreddingState::PartiallyShredded { value, .. } => {
+                Variant::new(self.metadata.value(index), value.value(index))
             }
-        }
+            // If neither value nor typed_value fields exist, return Variant::Null.
+            ShreddingState::Typed { .. } | ShreddingState::AllNull => Variant::Null,
+        };
+        value.into()
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the metadata field of the [`StructArray`]
@@ -796,8 +873,8 @@ impl StructArrayBuilder {
 }
 
 /// returns the non-null element at index as a Variant
-fn typed_value_to_variant(typed_value: &ArrayRef, index: usize) -> Variant<'_, '_> {
-    match typed_value.data_type() {
+fn typed_value_to_variant(typed_value: &ArrayRef, index: usize) -> VariantArrayValue<'_, '_> {
+    let value = match typed_value.data_type() {
         DataType::Boolean => {
             let boolean_array = typed_value.as_boolean();
             let value = boolean_array.value(index);
@@ -815,7 +892,7 @@ fn typed_value_to_variant(typed_value: &ArrayRef, index: usize) -> Variant<'_, '
             let value = array.value(index);
             if *binary_len == 16 {
                 if let Ok(uuid) = Uuid::from_slice(value) {
-                    return Variant::from(uuid);
+                    return Variant::from(uuid).into();
                 }
             }
             let value = array.value(index);
@@ -877,7 +954,8 @@ fn typed_value_to_variant(typed_value: &ArrayRef, index: usize) -> Variant<'_, '
             );
             Variant::Null
         }
-    }
+    };
+    value.into()
 }
 
 /// Workaround for lack of direct support for BinaryArray

parquet-variant-compute/src/variant_array_builder.rs

@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ mod test {
         let mut builder = VariantValueArrayBuilder::new(3);
 
         // straight copy
-        builder.append_value(array.value(0));
+        array.value(0).consume(|value| builder.append_value(value));
 
         // filtering fields takes more work because we need to manually create an object builder
         let value = array.value(1);
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ mod test {
 
         // same bytes, but now nested and duplicated inside a list
         let value = array.value(2);
+        let value = value.as_variant();
         let mut metadata_builder = ReadOnlyMetadataBuilder::new(value.metadata().clone());
         let state = builder.parent_state(&mut metadata_builder);
         ListBuilder::new(state, false)

parquet-variant-compute/src/variant_get.rs

@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ fn shredded_get_path(
                 if target.is_null(i) {
                     builder.append_null()?;
                 } else {
-                    builder.append_value(target.value(i))?;
+                    target
+                        .value(i)
+                        .consume(|value| builder.append_value(value))?;
                 }
             }
             builder.finish()
@@ -1596,7 +1598,7 @@ mod test {
             let json_str = r#"{"x": 42}"#;
             let string_array: ArrayRef = Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![json_str]));
             if let Ok(variant_array) = json_to_variant(&string_array) {
-                builder.append_variant(variant_array.value(0));
+                variant_array.value(0).consume(|value| builder.append_variant(value));
             } else {
                 builder.append_null();
             }
@@ -1607,7 +1609,7 @@ mod test {
             let json_str = r#"{"x": "foo"}"#;
             let string_array: ArrayRef = Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![json_str]));
             if let Ok(variant_array) = json_to_variant(&string_array) {
-                builder.append_variant(variant_array.value(0));
+                variant_array.value(0).consume(|value| builder.append_variant(value));
             } else {
                 builder.append_null();
             }
@@ -1618,7 +1620,7 @@ mod test {
             let json_str = r#"{"y": 10}"#;
             let string_array: ArrayRef = Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![json_str]));
             if let Ok(variant_array) = json_to_variant(&string_array) {
-                builder.append_variant(variant_array.value(0));
+                variant_array.value(0).consume(|value| builder.append_variant(value));
             } else {
                 builder.append_null();
             }
@@ -1637,7 +1639,7 @@ mod test {
             let json_str = r#"{"a": {"x": 55}, "b": 42}"#;
             let string_array: ArrayRef = Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![json_str]));
             if let Ok(variant_array) = json_to_variant(&string_array) {
-                builder.append_variant(variant_array.value(0));
+                variant_array.value(0).consume(|value| builder.append_variant(value));
             } else {
                 builder.append_null();
             }
@@ -1648,7 +1650,7 @@ mod test {
             let json_str = r#"{"a": {"x": "foo"}, "b": 42}"#;
             let string_array: ArrayRef = Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![json_str]));
             if let Ok(variant_array) = json_to_variant(&string_array) {
-                builder.append_variant(variant_array.value(0));
+                variant_array.value(0).consume(|value| builder.append_variant(value));
             } else {
                 builder.append_null();
             }
@@ -1667,7 +1669,7 @@ mod test {
             let json_str = r#"{"a": {"b": {"x": 100}}}"#;
             let string_array: ArrayRef = Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![json_str]));
             if let Ok(variant_array) = json_to_variant(&string_array) {
-                builder.append_variant(variant_array.value(0));
+                variant_array.value(0).consume(|value| builder.append_variant(value));
             } else {
                 builder.append_null();
             }
@@ -1678,7 +1680,7 @@ mod test {
             let json_str = r#"{"a": {"b": {"x": "bar"}}}"#;
             let string_array: ArrayRef = Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![json_str]));
             if let Ok(variant_array) = json_to_variant(&string_array) {
-                builder.append_variant(variant_array.value(0));
+                variant_array.value(0).consume(|value| builder.append_variant(value));
             } else {
                 builder.append_null();
             }
@@ -1689,7 +1691,7 @@ mod test {
             let json_str = r#"{"a": {"b": {"y": 200}}}"#;
             let string_array: ArrayRef = Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![json_str]));
             if let Ok(variant_array) = json_to_variant(&string_array) {
-                builder.append_variant(variant_array.value(0));
+                variant_array.value(0).consume(|value| builder.append_variant(value));
             } else {
                 builder.append_null();
             }

parquet-variant/src/variant.rs

@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ impl<'m, 'v> Variant<'m, 'v> {
     /// let obj = variant.as_object().expect("variant should be an object");
     /// assert_eq!(obj.get("name"), Some(Variant::from("John")));
     /// ```
-    pub fn as_object(&'m self) -> Option<&'m VariantObject<'m, 'v>> {
+    pub fn as_object(&self) -> Option<&VariantObject<'m, 'v>> {
         if let Variant::Object(obj) = self {
             Some(obj)
         } else {
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ impl<'m, 'v> Variant<'m, 'v> {
     /// assert_eq!(list.get(0).unwrap(), Variant::from("John"));
     /// assert_eq!(list.get(1).unwrap(), Variant::from("Doe"));
     /// ```
-    pub fn as_list(&'m self) -> Option<&'m VariantList<'m, 'v>> {
+    pub fn as_list(&self) -> Option<&VariantList<'m, 'v>> {
         if let Variant::List(list) = self {
             Some(list)
         } else {
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ impl<'m, 'v> Variant<'m, 'v> {
     /// let v2 = Variant::from("Hello");
     /// assert_eq!(None, v2.as_time_utc());
     /// ```
-    pub fn as_time_utc(&'m self) -> Option<NaiveTime> {
+    pub fn as_time_utc(&self) -> Option<NaiveTime> {
         if let Variant::Time(time) = self {
             Some(*time)
         } else {