[GitHub] [avro] zolyfarkas commented on pull request #1217: AVRO-3135: ability to hook into schema ser/deser to implement schema refer…

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zolyfarkas commented on pull request #1217:
URL: https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/1217#issuecomment-1013183705


   > The thing I like about current `.avsc` files is that they are complete. Using external references breaks that, and would require some form of compilation/resolution to name the schema complete again.
   > 
   > Instead, one can also use `.avdl` (IDL) files: these support resolving imports from both
   > 
   > * the file system (splitting large schemata in multiple files) and
   > * the class path (allowing your dependency system to import schemata by version)
   
   avsc and avdl are not equivalent, avsc is a data format for schemas while avdl is a format for interfaces/protocols.
   avdl is not serialization/deserialization friendly. but it's json representation .avpr is. 
   
   I understand your point.
   What about this change enabling a new schema format? let's call it ".ravsc".
   .avsc remains references free .ravsc introduces references support...
   
   Think about this PR about enabling the ability to implement .ravsc ....
   
   to understand why I think this is worthwhile, see the use cases I described [at](https://github.com/zolyfarkas/jaxrs-spf4j-demo/wiki/AvroReferences#why-avro-references).
   
   


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