alamb commented on code in PR #7946:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/7946#discussion_r2216788578
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parquet-variant-compute/src/variant_array.rs:
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@@ -154,6 +155,172 @@ impl VariantArray {
fn find_value_field(array: &StructArray) -> Option<ArrayRef> {
array.column_by_name("value").cloned()
}
+ /// Extract a field from the variant at the specified row using a path.
+ ///
+ /// This method provides direct access to nested fields without
reconstructing
+ /// the entire variant, which is critical for performance with shredded
variants.
+ ///
+ /// # Arguments
+ /// * `index` - The row index in the array
+ /// * `path` - The path to the field to extract
+ ///
+ /// # Returns
+ /// * `Some(Variant)` if the field exists at the specified path
+ /// * `None` if the field doesn't exist or the path is invalid
+ ///
+ /// # Example
+ /// ```
+ /// # use parquet_variant_compute::{VariantArrayBuilder, VariantArray,
VariantPath};
+ /// # use parquet_variant::VariantBuilder;
+ /// # let mut builder = VariantArrayBuilder::new(1);
+ /// # let mut variant_builder = VariantBuilder::new();
+ /// # let mut obj = variant_builder.new_object();
+ /// # obj.insert("name", "Alice");
+ /// # obj.finish().unwrap();
+ /// # let (metadata, value) = variant_builder.finish();
+ /// # builder.append_variant_buffers(&metadata, &value);
+ /// # let variant_array = builder.build();
+ /// let path = VariantPath::field("name");
+ /// let name_variant = variant_array.get_path(0, &path);
+ /// ```
+ pub fn get_path(&self, index: usize, path: &VariantPath) ->
Option<Variant> {
Review Comment:
I wonder how this is different than `variant_get` 🤔
https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/blob/99eb1bc92b129b0431cf79292cfa6361bb74cfc4/parquet-variant-compute/src/variant_get.rs#L35
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