rdblue commented on code in PR #3197:
URL: https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/pull/3197#discussion_r2052666668


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parquet-variant/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/variant/Variant.java:
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+/*
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+ */
+package org.apache.parquet.variant;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+/**
+ * This Variant class holds the Variant-encoded value and metadata binary 
values.
+ */
+public final class Variant {
+  /** The buffer that contains the Variant value. */
+  final ByteBuffer value;
+
+  /** The buffer that contains the Variant metadata. */
+  final ByteBuffer metadata;
+
+  /**
+   * The threshold to switch from linear search to binary search when looking 
up a field by key in
+   * an object. This is a performance optimization to avoid the overhead of 
binary search for a
+   * short list.
+   */
+  static final int BINARY_SEARCH_THRESHOLD = 32;
+
+  public Variant(byte[] value, byte[] metadata) {

Review Comment:
   Why is this the only public constructor? Wouldn't it make sense to allow 
using the `ByteBuffer` constructor as well?



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