From 15535457ff8c7de5a27dde5624b96313cb281d5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthijs Brobbel <m1brobbel@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:21:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] impl `From<OffsetBuffer<T>>` for `ScalarBuffer<T>` (#5203)

---
 arrow-buffer/src/buffer/scalar.rs | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/scalar.rs b/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/scalar.rs
index 3b75d5384046..ca1a1d230b12 100644
--- a/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/scalar.rs
+++ b/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/scalar.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 use crate::alloc::Deallocation;
 use crate::buffer::Buffer;
 use crate::native::ArrowNativeType;
-use crate::MutableBuffer;
+use crate::{MutableBuffer, OffsetBuffer};
 use std::fmt::Formatter;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::ops::Deref;
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ impl<T: ArrowNativeType> From<Buffer> for ScalarBuffer<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: ArrowNativeType> From<OffsetBuffer<T>> for ScalarBuffer<T> {
+    fn from(value: OffsetBuffer<T>) -> Self {
+        value.into_inner()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: ArrowNativeType> From<Vec<T>> for ScalarBuffer<T> {
     fn from(value: Vec<T>) -> Self {
         Self {