csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Extensions/SpanExtensions.cs

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using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Apache.Arrow
{
    public static class SpanExtensions
    {
        public static Span<T> CastTo<T>(this Span<byte> span)
            where T: struct =>
            MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, T>(span);

        public static ReadOnlySpan<T> CastTo<T>(this ReadOnlySpan<byte> span)
            where T: struct =>
                MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, T>(span);
    }
}