Support construct BooleanArray from &[u8]

arrow-array/src/array/boolean_array.rs

@@ -349,6 +349,12 @@ impl From<Vec<Option<bool>>> for BooleanArray {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<&[u8]> for BooleanArray {
+    fn from(value: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        Self::from(BooleanBuffer::from(value))
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<ArrayData> for BooleanArray {
     fn from(data: ArrayData) -> Self {
         assert_eq!(
@@ -509,6 +515,26 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_boolean_array_from_slice_u8() {
+        let v: Vec<u8> = vec![1, 2, 3];
+        let slice = &v[..];
+        let arr = BooleanArray::from(slice);
+        assert_eq!(24, arr.len());
+        assert_eq!(0, arr.offset());
+        assert_eq!(0, arr.null_count());
+        assert!(arr.nulls().is_none());
+        for i in 0..24 {
+            assert!(!arr.is_null(i));
+            assert!(arr.is_valid(i));
+            assert_eq!(
+                i == 0 || i == 9 || i == 16 || i == 17,
+                arr.value(i),
+                "failed t {i}"
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_boolean_array_from_iter() {
         let v = vec![Some(false), Some(true), Some(false), Some(true)];

arrow-buffer/src/buffer/boolean.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use crate::{
     bit_util, buffer_bin_and, buffer_bin_or, buffer_bin_xor, buffer_unary_not,
     BooleanBufferBuilder, Buffer, MutableBuffer,
 };
+
 use std::ops::{BitAnd, BitOr, BitXor, Not};
 
 /// A slice-able [`Buffer`] containing bit-packed booleans
@@ -274,6 +275,12 @@ impl From<&[bool]> for BooleanBuffer {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<&[u8]> for BooleanBuffer {
+    fn from(slice: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        BooleanBuffer::new(Buffer::from(slice), 0, slice.len() * 8)
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Vec<bool>> for BooleanBuffer {
     fn from(value: Vec<bool>) -> Self {
         value.as_slice().into()
@@ -414,4 +421,27 @@ mod tests {
         let expected = BooleanBuffer::new(Buffer::from(&[255, 254, 254, 255, 255]), offset, len);
         assert_eq!(!boolean_buf, expected);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_boolean_from_slice_bool() {
+        let v = [true, false, false];
+        let buf = BooleanBuffer::from(&v[..]);
+        assert_eq!(buf.offset(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(buf.len(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(buf.values().len(), 1);
+        assert!(buf.value(0));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_boolean_from_slice_u8() {
+        let v = [1_u8, 2, 3];
+        let buf = BooleanBuffer::from(&v[..]);
+        assert_eq!(buf.offset(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(buf.len(), 24);
+        assert_eq!(buf.values().len(), 3);
+        assert!(buf.value(0));
+        assert!(buf.value(9));
+        assert!(buf.value(16));
+        assert!(buf.value(17));
+    }
 }