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+% The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version
+% 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+% with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+%
+%   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%
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+
+classdef ListArray < arrow.array.Array
+
+    properties (Hidden, GetAccess=public, SetAccess=private)
+        NullSubstitutionValue = missing;
+    end
+
+    methods
+        
+        function obj = ListArray(proxy)
+            arguments
+                proxy(1, 1) libmexclass.proxy.Proxy {validate(proxy, "arrow.array.proxy.ListArray")}
+            end
+            import arrow.internal.proxy.validate
+            obj@arrow.array.Array(proxy);
+        end
+
+        function matlabArray = toMATLAB(obj)
+            matlabArray = obj.Proxy.toMATLAB();
+            matlabArray(~obj.Valid) = obj.NullSubstitutionValue;
+        end
+
+    end
+
+    methods (Static)
+        
+        function array = fromMATLAB(~)
+            % TODO
+        end
+
+    end
+
+end