From 8c60882c989fefd2c5df8a90a0af18479539cd61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raphael Taylor-Davies <r.taylordavies@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:16:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Return ScalarBuffer from PrimitiveArray::values (#3879)

---
 arrow-array/src/array/primitive_array.rs |  2 +-
 arrow-buffer/src/buffer/scalar.rs        | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/primitive_array.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/primitive_array.rs
index 78859bd5956f..9e1bf5b7db8e 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/primitive_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/primitive_array.rs
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ impl<T: ArrowPrimitiveType> PrimitiveArray<T> {
 
     /// Returns a slice of the values of this array
     #[inline]
-    pub fn values(&self) -> &[T::Native] {
+    pub fn values(&self) -> &ScalarBuffer<T::Native> {
         &self.raw_values
     }
 
diff --git a/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/scalar.rs b/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/scalar.rs
index 9b3a47785098..04c6d9dcc7ac 100644
--- a/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/scalar.rs
+++ b/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/scalar.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,39 @@ impl<T: ArrowNativeType> From<Vec<T>> for ScalarBuffer<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a, T: ArrowNativeType> IntoIterator for &'a ScalarBuffer<T> {
+    type Item = &'a T;
+    type IntoIter = std::slice::Iter<'a, T>;
+
+    fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
+        self.as_ref().iter()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ArrowNativeType, S: AsRef<[T]> + ?Sized> PartialEq<S> for ScalarBuffer<T> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &S) -> bool {
+        self.as_ref().eq(other.as_ref())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ArrowNativeType, const N: usize> PartialEq<ScalarBuffer<T>> for [T; N] {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &ScalarBuffer<T>) -> bool {
+        self.as_ref().eq(other.as_ref())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ArrowNativeType> PartialEq<ScalarBuffer<T>> for [T] {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &ScalarBuffer<T>) -> bool {
+        self.as_ref().eq(other.as_ref())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ArrowNativeType> PartialEq<ScalarBuffer<T>> for Vec<T> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &ScalarBuffer<T>) -> bool {
+        self.as_slice().eq(other.as_ref())
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;