Package org.apache.avro

Avro kernel classes.

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Description

Class Summary

Protocol	A set of messages forming an application protocol.
Schema	An abstract data type.
Schema.Field	A field within a record.

Enum Summary

Schema.Field.Order	How values of this field should be ordered when sorting records.
Schema.Type	The type of a schema.

Exception Summary

AvroRuntimeException	Base Avro exception.
AvroTypeException	Thrown when an illegal type is used.
SchemaParseException	Thrown for errors parsing schemas and protocols.

Package org.apache.avro Description

Avro kernel classes.

A Schema provides an abstract definition of a data type.

The in-memory representation of data is determined by DatumReader and DatumWriter implementations. Generic implementations are provided in the org.apache.avro.generic package. A compiler can generate specific java classes and interfaces for schemas and protocols. Schemas may be automatically generated for existing Java classes by reflection using the org.apache.avro.reflect package.

Data of a given schema is always serialized identically, regardless of its in-memory representation, by traversing the schema and writing leaf values from the data structure with a Encoder. Deserializing similarly proceeds by traversing the schema, reading leaf values with a Decoder and storing them in an in-memory data structure.