Package org.apache.avro.generic

A generic representation for Avro data.

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Description

Interface Summary

GenericArray<T>	An array of objects.
GenericContainer	Contains data of other types.
GenericFixed	Fixed-size data.
GenericRecord	A set of fields, each a name/value pair.

Class Summary

GenericData	Utilities for generic Java data.
GenericData.Array<T>	Default implementation of GenericArray.
GenericData.Fixed	Default implementation of GenericFixed.
GenericData.Record	Default implementation of GenericRecord.
GenericDatumReader<D>	DatumReader for generic Java objects.
GenericDatumWriter<D>	DatumWriter for generic Java objects.
GenericRequestor	Requestor implementation for generic Java data.
GenericResponder	Responder implementation for generic Java data.

Package org.apache.avro.generic Description

A generic representation for Avro data. Represent Schema data with generic Java classes.

Uses the following mapping:

• Schema records are implemented as GenericRecord.
• Schema enums are implemented as String.
• Schema arrays are implemented as GenericArray.
• Schema maps are implemented as Map.
• Schema fixed are implemented as GenericFixed.
• Schema strings are implemented as Utf8.
• Schema bytes are implemented as ByteBuffer.
• Schema ints are implemented as Integer.
• Schema longs are implemented as Long.
• Schema floats are implemented as Float.
• Schema doubles are implemented as Double.
• Schema booleans are implemented as Boolean.