[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-1186) Java Annotations via IDL

["Sharmarke Aden (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Sharmarke Aden commented on AVRO-1186:
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Wow, that was really quick. Thank you so much and keep up the great work.

                
> Java Annotations via IDL
> ------------------------
>
>                 Key: AVRO-1186
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1186
>             Project: Avro
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: java
>            Reporter: Sharmarke Aden
>            Assignee: Doug Cutting
>             Fix For: 1.7.3
>
>         Attachments: AVRO-1186.patch, AVRO-1186.patch
>
>
> We would like to have the ability to add Java annotations to fields in the Avro IDL (i.e. JSR 303 Bean Validation annotations). From a protocol stand point these annotations may not mean much (or could they?) but from the application stand point having this feature would allow developers to use Avro generated beans application wide. From view layer all the way to the data layer. To support this feature an IDL file could look something like this:
> {code} 
> @namespace("test.annotations")
> protocol TestProto {
>   record User {
>      //declare the annotations that are imported in the generated record class
>      @header{
>        import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotBlank;
>        import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Email;
>      }  
>  
>      //for each field one can specify an annotation they would like to use.
>      @{@NotBlank} string username;
>      string password;
>      @{@Email} string email;
>   }
> }
> {code} 
> The above IDL would generate a Java class that looks something like this:
> {code} 
> /**
>  * Autogenerated by Avro
>  * 
>  * DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY
>  */
> package com.simvia.mode.avro; 
> import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotBlank;
> import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Email;
> @SuppressWarnings("all")
> public class User extends org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecordBase implements org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecord {
>   ...
>   @Deprecated @NotBlank public java.lang.CharSequence username;
>   @Deprecated public java.lang.CharSequence password;
>   @Deprecated @Email public java.lang.CharSequence email;
>  ...
> }
> {code} 
> Perhaps this is too language specific but IMO the benefits of this feature in the Java world is worth the effort and the exception.

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