org.apache.avro

Class SchemaCompatibility

java.lang.Object

org.apache.avro.SchemaCompatibility

public class SchemaCompatibility
extends Object

Evaluate the compatibility between a reader schema and a writer schema. A reader and a writer schema are declared compatible if all datum instances of the writer schema can be successfully decoded using the specified reader schema.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	SchemaCompatibility.SchemaCompatibilityType Identifies the type of a schema compatibility result.
static class	SchemaCompatibility.SchemaPairCompatibility Provides information about the compatibility of a single reader and writer schema pair.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	READER_WRITER_COMPATIBLE_MESSAGE Message to annotate reader/writer schema pairs that are compatible.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static SchemaCompatibility.SchemaPairCompatibility	checkReaderWriterCompatibility(Schema reader, Schema writer) Validates that the provided reader schema can be used to decode avro data written with the provided writer schema.
static Schema.Field	lookupWriterField(Schema writerSchema, Schema.Field readerField) Identifies the writer field that corresponds to the specified reader field.
static boolean	schemaNameEquals(Schema reader, Schema writer) Tests the equality of two Avro named schemas.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

READER_WRITER_COMPATIBLE_MESSAGE

public static final String READER_WRITER_COMPATIBLE_MESSAGE

Message to annotate reader/writer schema pairs that are compatible.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

checkReaderWriterCompatibility

public static SchemaCompatibility.SchemaPairCompatibility checkReaderWriterCompatibility(Schema reader,
                                                                         Schema writer)

Validates that the provided reader schema can be used to decode avro data written with the provided writer schema.

Parameters:

reader - schema to check.

writer - schema to check.

Returns:

a result object identifying any compatibility errors.

schemaNameEquals

public static boolean schemaNameEquals(Schema reader,
                       Schema writer)

Tests the equality of two Avro named schemas.

Matching includes reader name aliases.

Parameters:

reader - Named reader schema.

writer - Named writer schema.

Returns:

whether the names of the named schemas match or not.

lookupWriterField

public static Schema.Field lookupWriterField(Schema writerSchema,
                             Schema.Field readerField)

Identifies the writer field that corresponds to the specified reader field.

Matching includes reader name aliases.

Parameters:

writerSchema - Schema of the record where to look for the writer field.

readerField - Reader field to identify the corresponding writer field of.

Returns:

the writer field, if any does correspond, or None.