From 3ebcf4ebbbfa1b86bc54b04f3cd2ef27ee1ed9ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Gilmore <sgilmore@mathworks.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 10:37:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add static importFromC method to arrow.array.Array

---
 matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+array/Array.m | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+array/Array.m b/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+array/Array.m
index bbfbb2efd87b9..ba7cc8cf373b9 100644
--- a/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+array/Array.m
+++ b/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+array/Array.m
@@ -119,4 +119,11 @@ function exportToC(obj, cArrayAddress, cSchemaAddress)
             obj.Proxy.exportToC(args);
         end
     end
+
+    methods(Static)
+        function array = importFromC(cArray, cSchema)
+            importer = arrow.c.internal.ArrayImporter();
+            array = importer.import(cArray, cSchema);
+        end
+    end
 end