@Test
  public void testVarCharVectorLoad() {
    final MaterializedField field = MaterializedField.create(EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, VarCharHolder.TYPE);

    // Create a new value vector for 1024 variable length strings.
    final VarCharVector vector1 = new VarCharVector(field, allocator);
    final VarCharVector.Mutator mutator = vector1.getMutator();
    vector1.allocateNew(1024 * 10, 1024);

    // Populate the vector.
    final StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    final int valueCount = 10;
    for (int i = 0; i < valueCount; ++i) {
      stringBuilder.append('x');
      mutator.setSafe(i, stringBuilder.toString().getBytes(utf8Charset));
    }
    mutator.setValueCount(valueCount);
    assertEquals(valueCount, vector1.getAccessor().getValueCount());

    // Combine the backing buffers so we can load them into a new vector.
    final DrillBuf[] buffers1 = vector1.getBuffers(false);
    final DrillBuf buffer1 = combineBuffers(allocator, buffers1);
    final VarCharVector vector2 = new VarCharVector(field, allocator);
    vector2.load(vector1.getMetadata(), buffer1);

    // Check the contents of the new vector.
    final VarCharVector.Accessor accessor = vector2.getAccessor();
    stringBuilder.setLength(0);
    for (int i = 0; i < valueCount; ++i) {
      stringBuilder.append('x');
      final Object object = accessor.getObject(i);
      assertEquals(stringBuilder.toString(), object.toString());
    }

    vector1.close();
    vector2.close();
    buffer1.release();
  }
  @Test(expected = OversizedAllocationException.class)
  public void testVariableVectorReallocation() {
    final MaterializedField field = MaterializedField.create(EMPTY_SCHEMA_PATH, UInt4Holder.TYPE);
    final VarCharVector vector = new VarCharVector(field, allocator);
    // edge case 1: value count = MAX_VALUE_ALLOCATION
    final int expectedAllocationInBytes = BaseValueVector.MAX_ALLOCATION_SIZE;
    final int expectedOffsetSize = 10;
    try {
      vector.allocateNew(expectedAllocationInBytes, 10);
      assertEquals(expectedOffsetSize, vector.getValueCapacity());
      assertEquals(expectedAllocationInBytes, vector.getBuffer().capacity());
      vector.reAlloc();
      assertEquals(expectedOffsetSize * 2, vector.getValueCapacity());
      assertEquals(expectedAllocationInBytes * 2, vector.getBuffer().capacity());
    } finally {
      vector.close();
    }

    // common: value count < MAX_VALUE_ALLOCATION
    try {
      vector.allocateNew(BaseValueVector.MAX_ALLOCATION_SIZE / 2, 0);
      vector.reAlloc(); // value allocation reaches to MAX_VALUE_ALLOCATION
      vector.reAlloc(); // this tests if it overflows
    } finally {
      vector.close();
    }
  }