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Doug Cutting commented on AVRO-2067:
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Patch looks reasonable: simple change + lots of tests. I'll try to commit it
later today. If you have a chance to convert it to a GitHub pull request in
the meantime that would make my life a little easier.
> Add object-value attribute support to SchemaBuilder.PropBuilder
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>
> Key: AVRO-2067
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2067
> Project: Avro
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: java
> Reporter: Jeffrey Mullins
> Assignee: Jeffrey Mullins
> Priority: Major
> Attachments: AVRO-2067.patch
>
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> Add object-value attribute support to _SchemaBuilder.PropBuilder_.
> {code:java}
> public final S prop(String name, Object value)
> {code}
> The avro 1.8.2 specification permits the use of undefined schema
> attributes as metadata:
> {quote}
> "Attributes not defined in this document are permitted as metadata, but must
> not affect the format of serialized data."
> {quote}
>
> The permitted types of attribute values is unclear from the above, but
> attributes with object values (non-string) are supported when parsing a
> schema and in the JsonProperties base class from which both Schema and
> Schema.Field inherit.
>
> _JsonProperties_ supports object-valued attributes through its _addProp()_
> and _getObjectProps()_ methods.
> In our use case, we need to programmatically normalize and augment
> user-supplied schemas which may contain attributes with object values like
> booleans and arrays of strings. The absence of a method in
> _SchemaBuilder.PropBuilder_ which support object-valued attributes makes this
> difficult.
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