diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/ValuesReader.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/ValuesReader.java
index 06771e9751..6943d91eb5 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/ValuesReader.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/ValuesReader.java
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ public abstract class ValuesReader {
    */
   @Deprecated
   public void initFromPage(int valueCount, ByteBuffer page, int offset) throws IOException {
+    if (offset < 0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal offset: " + offset);
+    }
     actualOffset = offset;
     ByteBuffer pageWithOffset = page.duplicate();
     pageWithOffset.position(offset);
@@ -103,7 +106,14 @@ public void initFromPage(int valueCount, byte[] page, int offset) throws IOExcep
    *
    * @throws IOException if there is an exception while reading from the input stream
    */
-  public abstract void initFromPage(int valueCount, ByteBufferInputStream in) throws IOException;
+  public void initFromPage(int valueCount, ByteBufferInputStream in) throws IOException {
+    if (actualOffset != -1) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+          "Either initFromPage(int, ByteBuffer, int) or initFromPage(int, ByteBufferInputStream) must be implemented in "
+              + getClass().getName());
+    }
+    initFromPage(valueCount, in.slice(valueCount), 0);
+  }
 
   /**
    * Called to return offset of the next section
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/TestValuesReaderImpl.java b/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/TestValuesReaderImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27ed7b5504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/TestValuesReaderImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  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
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.parquet.column.values;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+import org.apache.parquet.bytes.ByteBufferInputStream;
+import org.apache.parquet.io.api.Binary;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Tests how {@link ValuesReader} works in case of extending it.
+ */
+public class TestValuesReaderImpl {
+
+  private static class InvalidValuesReaderImpl extends ValuesReader {
+    @Override
+    public void skip() {
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class ByteBufferValuesReaderImpl extends ValuesReader {
+    private byte[] data;
+
+    @Override
+    public void initFromPage(int valueCount, ByteBuffer page, int offset) throws IOException {
+      data = new byte[valueCount];
+      ByteBuffer buffer = page.duplicate();
+      buffer.position(offset);
+      buffer.get(data);
+    }
+
+    public void assertPageEquals(String expected) {
+      Assert.assertEquals(expected, new String(data));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void skip() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Binary readBytes() {
+      return Binary.fromConstantByteArray(data);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class ByteBufferInputStreamValuesReaderImpl extends ValuesReader {
+    private byte[] data;
+
+    @Override
+    public void initFromPage(int valueCount, ByteBufferInputStream in) throws IOException {
+      data = new byte[valueCount];
+      int off = 0;
+      int len = valueCount;
+      int read;
+      while ((read = in.read(data, off, len)) != -1 && len > 0) {
+        off += read;
+        len -= read;
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void skip() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Binary readBytes() {
+      return Binary.fromConstantByteArray(data);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInvalidValuesReaderImpl() throws IOException {
+    ValuesReader reader = new InvalidValuesReaderImpl();
+    try {
+      validateWithByteArray(reader);
+      fail("An UnsupportedOperationException should have been thrown");
+    } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
+    }
+    try {
+      validateWithByteBuffer(reader);
+      fail("An UnsupportedOperationException should have been thrown");
+    } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
+    }
+    try {
+      validateWithByteBufferInputStream(reader);
+      fail("An UnsupportedOperationException should have been thrown");
+    } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testByteBufferValuesReaderImpl() throws IOException {
+    ValuesReader reader = new ByteBufferValuesReaderImpl();
+    validateWithByteArray(reader);
+    validateWithByteBuffer(reader);
+    validateWithByteBufferInputStream(reader);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testByteBufferInputStreamValuesReaderImpl() throws IOException {
+    ValuesReader reader = new ByteBufferInputStreamValuesReaderImpl();
+    validateWithByteArray(reader);
+    validateWithByteBuffer(reader);
+    validateWithByteBufferInputStream(reader);
+  }
+
+  private void validateWithByteArray(ValuesReader reader) throws IOException {
+    reader.initFromPage(25, "==padding==The expected page content".getBytes(), 11);
+    assertEquals("The expected page content", reader.readBytes().toStringUsingUTF8());
+  }
+
+  private void validateWithByteBuffer(ValuesReader reader) throws IOException {
+    reader.initFromPage(25, ByteBuffer.wrap("==padding==The expected page content".getBytes()), 11);
+    assertEquals("The expected page content", reader.readBytes().toStringUsingUTF8());
+  }
+
+  private void validateWithByteBufferInputStream(ValuesReader reader) throws IOException {
+    ByteBufferInputStream bbis = ByteBufferInputStream.wrap(
+        ByteBuffer.wrap("==padding==".getBytes()),
+        ByteBuffer.wrap("The expected ".getBytes()),
+        ByteBuffer.wrap("page content".getBytes()));
+    bbis.skipFully(11);
+    reader.initFromPage(25, bbis);
+    assertEquals("The expected page content", reader.readBytes().toStringUsingUTF8());
+  }
+}