See discussion in ARROW-2607 **Reporter**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-5531) / @wesm **Assignee**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-5531) / @wesm #### Related issues: - [[Java/Python] Support VarCharVector / StringArray in pyarrow.Array.from_jvm](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/44873) (is depended upon by) #### PRs and other links: - [GitHub Pull Request apache/arrow#4537](https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/4537) <sub>**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-5531](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-5531). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*</sub>