Hi Anh,

It looks like that you've found an inconsistency in the docs there. I think
we need to update the docs, and state that an int is being written.

Stay strong!

Cheers, Fokko

Op vr 20 mrt. 2020 om 07:58 schreef Anh Le <anhl...@gmail.com>:

> Hi guys,
>
> I'm reading the current Avro Spec. It states that:
>
> > A union is encoded by first writing a long value indicating the
> zero-based position within the union of the schema of its value. The value
> is then encoded per the indicated schema within the union.
>
> But as I dive through the code base, for example:
> https://github.com/rdblue/avro-java/blob/master/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/generic/GenericDatumWriter.java#L123-L125,
> I see there's no long value here. We've got an Int instead.
>
> Would you please tell me if there's any misunderstanding here.
>
> Thank you (and be strong)!
>

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