Package org.apache.avro.protobuf

Protocol Buffer compatibility.

See: Description

Class Summary

Class	Description
ProtobufData	Utilities for serializing Protobuf data in Avro format.
ProtobufDatumReader<T>	DatumReader for generated Protobuf classes.
ProtobufDatumWriter<T>	DatumWriter for generated protobuf classes.

Package org.apache.avro.protobuf Description

Protocol Buffer compatibility.

Protocol Buffer primitive types are mapped to Avro types as follows:

protobuf type	Avro type
int32, uint32, sint32, fixed32, sfixed32	int
int64, uint64, sint64, fixed64, sfixed64	long
float	float
double	double
bool	boolean
string	string
bytes	bytes
enum	enum
message	record

Notes:

• protobuf repeated fields are represented as Avro arrays
• protobuf default values are translated to Avro default values