org.apache.avro.io
Class ResolvingDecoder

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.avro.io.Decoder
      org.apache.avro.io.ParsingDecoder
          org.apache.avro.io.ValidatingDecoder
              org.apache.avro.io.ResolvingDecoder

All Implemented Interfaces:

Parser.ActionHandler, SkipParser.SkipHandler

public class ResolvingDecoder
extends ValidatingDecoder

Decoder that performs type-resolution between the reader's and writer's schemas.

When resolving schemas, this class will return the values of fields in _writer's_ order, not the reader's order. (However, it returns _only_ the reader's fields, not any extra fields the writer may have written.) To help clients handle fields that appear to be coming out of order, this class defines the method readFieldOrder().

See the parser documentation for information on how this works.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.avro.io.ValidatingDecoder

in

Fields inherited from class org.apache.avro.io.ParsingDecoder

parser

Constructor Summary

ResolvingDecoder(Object resolver, Decoder in)
Constructs a ResolvingDecoder using the given resolver.

ResolvingDecoder(Schema writer, Schema reader, Decoder in)

Method Summary

Symbol	doAction(Symbol input, Symbol top) Handle the action symbol top when the input is sought to be taken off the stack.
double	readDouble() Reads a double written by Encoder.writeDouble(double).
int	readEnum() Reads an enumeration.
Schema.Field[]	readFieldOrder() Returns the actual order in which the reader's fields will be returned to the reader.
int	readIndex() Reads the tag of a union written by Encoder.writeIndex(int).
long	readLong() Reads a long written by Encoder.writeLong(long).
static Object	resolve(Schema writer, Schema reader) Produces an opaque resolver that can be used to construct a new ResolvingDecoder(Object, Decoder).
void	skipAction() Skips the action at the top of the stack.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.avro.io.ValidatingDecoder

arrayNext, init, mapNext, readArrayStart, readBoolean, readBytes, readFixed, readFloat, readInt, readMapStart, readNull, readString, skipArray, skipBytes, skipFixed, skipFixed, skipMap, skipString

Methods inherited from class org.apache.avro.io.ParsingDecoder

skipTopSymbol

Methods inherited from class org.apache.avro.io.Decoder

readFixed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ResolvingDecoder

public ResolvingDecoder(Schema writer,
                        Schema reader,
                        Decoder in)
                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

ResolvingDecoder

public ResolvingDecoder(Object resolver,
                        Decoder in)
                 throws IOException

Constructs a ResolvingDecoder using the given resolver. The resolver must have been returned by a previous call to resolve(Schema, Schema).

Parameters:

resolver - The resolver to use.

in - The underlying decoder.

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

resolve

public static Object resolve(Schema writer,
                             Schema reader)
                      throws IOException

Produces an opaque resolver that can be used to construct a new ResolvingDecoder(Object, Decoder). The returned Object is immutable and hence can be simultaneously used in many ResolvingDecoders. This method is reasonably expensive, the users are encouraged to cache the result.

Parameters:

writer - The writer's schema.

reader - The reader's schema.

Returns:

The opaque reolver.

Throws:

IOException

readFieldOrder

public final Schema.Field[] readFieldOrder()
                                    throws IOException

Returns the actual order in which the reader's fields will be returned to the reader. This method is useful because ResolvingDecoder returns values in the order written by the writer, rather than the order expected by the reader. This method allows readers to figure out what fields to expect. Let's say the reader is expecting a three-field record, the first field is a long, the second a string, and the third an array. In this case, a typical usage might be as follows:

   Schema.Fields[] fieldOrder = in.readFieldOrder();
   for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
     switch (fieldOrder[i].pos()) {
     case 1:
       foo(in.readLong());
       break;
     case 2:
       someVariable = in.readString();
       break;
     case 3:
       bar(in); // The code of "bar" will read an array-of-int
       break;
     }
 

Note that ResolvingDecoder will return only the fields expected by the reader, not other fields that may have been written by the writer. Thus, the iteration-count of "3" in the above loop will always be correct. Throws a runtime exception if we're not just about to read the field of a record. Also, this method will consume the field information, and thus may only be called once before reading the field value. (However, if the client knows the order of incoming fields, then the client does not need to call this method but rather can just start reading the field values.)

Throws:

AvroTypeException - If we're not starting a new record

IOException

readLong

public long readLong()
              throws IOException

Description copied from class: Decoder

Reads a long written by Encoder.writeLong(long).

Overrides:

readLong in class ValidatingDecoder

Throws:

IOException

readDouble

public double readDouble()
                  throws IOException

Description copied from class: Decoder

Reads a double written by Encoder.writeDouble(double).

Overrides:

readDouble in class ValidatingDecoder

Throws:

IOException

readEnum

public int readEnum()
             throws IOException

Description copied from class: Decoder

Reads an enumeration.

Overrides:

readEnum in class ValidatingDecoder

Returns:

The enumeration's value.

Throws:

IOException

readIndex

public int readIndex()
              throws IOException

Description copied from class: Decoder

Reads the tag of a union written by Encoder.writeIndex(int).

Overrides:

readIndex in class ValidatingDecoder

Throws:

IOException

doAction

public Symbol doAction(Symbol input,
                       Symbol top)
                throws IOException

Description copied from interface: Parser.ActionHandler

Handle the action symbol top when the input is sought to be taken off the stack.

Specified by:

doAction in interface Parser.ActionHandler

Overrides:

doAction in class ValidatingDecoder

Parameters:

input - The input symbol from the caller of advance

top - The symbol at the top the stack.

Returns:

null if advance() is to continue processing the stack. If not null the return value will be returned by advance().

Throws:

IOException

skipAction

public void skipAction()
                throws IOException

Description copied from interface: SkipParser.SkipHandler

Skips the action at the top of the stack.

Specified by:

skipAction in interface SkipParser.SkipHandler

Overrides:

skipAction in class ParsingDecoder

Throws:

IOException