Input/Output utilities.

Modules
		cStringIO avro.schema struct uuid

Classes
		__builtin__.object DataFileReader DataFileWriter DatumReaderBase DatumWriterBase Decoder Encoder avro.schema.AvroException(exceptions.Exception) AvroTypeException   class AvroTypeException(avro.schema.AvroException)     Raised when illegal type is used.     Method resolution order: AvroTypeException avro.schema.AvroException exceptions.Exception exceptions.BaseException __builtin__.object Methods defined here: __init__(self, schm=None, datum=None, msg=None) Data descriptors inherited from avro.schema.AvroException: __weakref__ list of weak references to the object (if defined) Data and other attributes inherited from exceptions.Exception: __new__ = <built-in method __new__ of type object at 0x8226dc0> T.__new__(S, ...) -> a new object with type S, a subtype of T Methods inherited from exceptions.BaseException: __delattr__(...) x.__delattr__('name') <==> del x.name __getattribute__(...) x.__getattribute__('name') <==> x.name __getitem__(...) x.__getitem__(y) <==> x[y] __getslice__(...) x.__getslice__(i, j) <==> x[i:j]   Use of negative indices is not supported. __reduce__(...) __repr__(...) x.__repr__() <==> repr(x) __setattr__(...) x.__setattr__('name', value) <==> x.name = value __setstate__(...) __str__(...) x.__str__() <==> str(x) __unicode__(...) Data descriptors inherited from exceptions.BaseException: __dict__ args message   class DataFileReader(__builtin__.object)     Read files written by DataFileWriter.     Methods defined here: __init__(self, reader, dreader) close(self) Close this reader. getmeta(self, key) Return the value of a metadata property. next(self) Return the next datum in the file. seek(self, pos) Move to the specified synchronization point, as returned by  DataFileWriter.sync(). sync(self, position) Move to the next synchronization point after a position. Data descriptors defined here: __dict__ dictionary for instance variables (if defined) __weakref__ list of weak references to the object (if defined)   class DataFileWriter(__builtin__.object)     Stores in a file a sequence of data conforming to a schema. The schema is  stored in the file with the data. Each datum in a file is of the same schema. Data is grouped into blocks. A synchronization marker is written between blocks, so that files may be split. Blocks may be compressed. Extensible metadata is stored at the end of the file. Files may be appended to.     Methods defined here: __init__(self, schm, writer, dwriter) append(self, datum) Append a datum to the file. close(self) Close the file. flush(self) Flush the current state of the file, including metadata. setmeta(self, key, val) Set a meta data property. sync(self) Return the current position as a value that may be passed to DataFileReader.seek(long). Forces the end of the current block, emitting a synchronization marker. Data descriptors defined here: __dict__ dictionary for instance variables (if defined) __weakref__ list of weak references to the object (if defined)   class DatumReaderBase(__builtin__.object)     Base class for reading data of a schema.     Methods defined here: read(self, decoder) Read a datum. Traverse the schema, depth-first, reading all leaf values in the schema into a datum that is returned setschema(self, schema) Data descriptors defined here: __dict__ dictionary for instance variables (if defined) __weakref__ list of weak references to the object (if defined)   class DatumWriterBase(__builtin__.object)     Base class for writing data of a schema.     Methods defined here: setschema(self, schema) write(self, data, encoder) Write a datum. Traverse the schema, depth first, writing each leaf value in the schema from the datum to the output. Data descriptors defined here: __dict__ dictionary for instance variables (if defined) __weakref__ list of weak references to the object (if defined)   class Decoder(__builtin__.object)     Read leaf values.     Methods defined here: __init__(self, reader) read(self, len) readboolean(self) readbytes(self) readdouble(self) readfloat(self) readint(self) readlong(self) readutf8(self) skip(self, len) skipboolean(self) skipbytes(self) skipdouble(self) skipfloat(self) skipint(self) skiplong(self) skiputf8(self) Data descriptors defined here: __dict__ dictionary for instance variables (if defined) __weakref__ list of weak references to the object (if defined)   class Encoder(__builtin__.object)     Write leaf values.     Methods defined here: __init__(self, writer) write(self, datum) writeboolean(self, datum) writebytes(self, datum) writedouble(self, datum) writefloat(self, datum) writeint(self, n) writelong(self, n) writeutf8(self, datum) Data descriptors defined here: __dict__ dictionary for instance variables (if defined) __weakref__ list of weak references to the object (if defined)