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Posted to user@avro.apache.org by Vinicius Carvalho <vi...@gmail.com> on 2016/05/04 15:02:14 UTC

Schema resolution question

Hi there, I'm using Avro 1.8.0, and I'm not sure why one of my
compatibility tests is failing.

I have two schemas:

V1:

{
  "namespace" : "io.igx.android",
  "type" : "record",
  "name" : "Sensor",
  "fields" : [
    {"name":"id","type":"string"},
    {"name":"temperature", "type":"float"},
    {"name":"acceleration", "type":"float","default":0.0},
    {"name":"velocity","type":"float","default":0.0},
    {"name":"accelerometer","type":[
      "null",{
        "type":"array",
        "items":"float"
      }
    ]},
    {"name":"magneticField","type":[
      "null",{
        "type":"array",
        "items":"float"
      }
    ]},
    {"name":"orientation","type":[
      "null",{
        "type":"array",
        "items":"float"
      }
    ],"default":"null"}

  ]

}

V2:
{
  "namespace" : "io.igx.android",
  "type" : "record",
  "name" : "Sensor",
  "fields" : [
    {"name":"id","type":"string"},
    {"name":"temperature", "type":"float", "default":0.0},
    {"name":"acceleration", "type":"float","default":0.0},
    {"name":"velocity","type":"float","default":0.0},
    {"name":"accelerometer","type":[
      "null",{
        "type":"array",
        "items":"float"
      }
    ]},
    {"name":"magneticField","type":[
      "null",{
        "type":"array",
        "items":"float"
      }
    ]}

  ]

}

As you can see the only difference between those two is that one of the
arrays is removed from V2, and I've added a default value to a property on
V2.

If I run:
SchemaCompatibility.checkReaderWriterCompatibility(load("schemas/sensor_v2.avsc"),load("schemas/sensor_v1.avsc")).getType()

It prints out that data written in v2 should be able to be read by v1,
which seems logical

But when I try to deserialize data from v2 using v1 reader I get an error:

Sensor v1Fromv2 = deserialize(v2Bytes,v1.getSchema(),v2.getSchema());

private <T> T deserialize(byte[] bytes, Schema reader, Schema writer)
throws Exception{
DatumReader datumReader = new SpecificDatumReader<>(writer,reader);
Decoder decoder = DecoderFactory.get().binaryDecoder(bytes,null);
return (T) datumReader.read(null,decoder);
}
org.apache.avro.AvroTypeException: Non-null default value for null type:
"null"

Not sure why is the deserialization not working if the compatibility check
passes

Any ideas?

Regards

Re: Schema resolution question

Posted by Vinicius Carvalho <vi...@gmail.com>.
Spot on! Thank you Tim

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Tim Perkins <tp...@salsify.com> wrote:

> In the V1 schema, I think the default for the orientation array should be
> null (without the quotes), not the string "null".
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Vinicius Carvalho <
> viniciusccarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi there, I'm using Avro 1.8.0, and I'm not sure why one of my
>> compatibility tests is failing.
>>
>> I have two schemas:
>>
>> V1:
>>
>> {
>>   "namespace" : "io.igx.android",
>>   "type" : "record",
>>   "name" : "Sensor",
>>   "fields" : [
>>     {"name":"id","type":"string"},
>>     {"name":"temperature", "type":"float"},
>>     {"name":"acceleration", "type":"float","default":0.0},
>>     {"name":"velocity","type":"float","default":0.0},
>>     {"name":"accelerometer","type":[
>>       "null",{
>>         "type":"array",
>>         "items":"float"
>>       }
>>     ]},
>>     {"name":"magneticField","type":[
>>       "null",{
>>         "type":"array",
>>         "items":"float"
>>       }
>>     ]},
>>     {"name":"orientation","type":[
>>       "null",{
>>         "type":"array",
>>         "items":"float"
>>       }
>>     ],"default":"null"}
>>
>>   ]
>>
>> }
>>
>> V2:
>> {
>>   "namespace" : "io.igx.android",
>>   "type" : "record",
>>   "name" : "Sensor",
>>   "fields" : [
>>     {"name":"id","type":"string"},
>>     {"name":"temperature", "type":"float", "default":0.0},
>>     {"name":"acceleration", "type":"float","default":0.0},
>>     {"name":"velocity","type":"float","default":0.0},
>>     {"name":"accelerometer","type":[
>>       "null",{
>>         "type":"array",
>>         "items":"float"
>>       }
>>     ]},
>>     {"name":"magneticField","type":[
>>       "null",{
>>         "type":"array",
>>         "items":"float"
>>       }
>>     ]}
>>
>>   ]
>>
>> }
>>
>> As you can see the only difference between those two is that one of the
>> arrays is removed from V2, and I've added a default value to a property on
>> V2.
>>
>> If I run:
>>
>> SchemaCompatibility.checkReaderWriterCompatibility(load("schemas/sensor_v2.avsc"),load("schemas/sensor_v1.avsc")).getType()
>>
>> It prints out that data written in v2 should be able to be read by v1,
>> which seems logical
>>
>> But when I try to deserialize data from v2 using v1 reader I get an error:
>>
>> Sensor v1Fromv2 = deserialize(v2Bytes,v1.getSchema(),v2.getSchema());
>>
>> private <T> T deserialize(byte[] bytes, Schema reader, Schema writer)
>> throws Exception{
>> DatumReader datumReader = new SpecificDatumReader<>(writer,reader);
>> Decoder decoder = DecoderFactory.get().binaryDecoder(bytes,null);
>> return (T) datumReader.read(null,decoder);
>> }
>> org.apache.avro.AvroTypeException: Non-null default value for null type:
>> "null"
>>
>> Not sure why is the deserialization not working if the compatibility
>> check passes
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>
>
>
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>
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> *Software Architect, Salsify*
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Re: Schema resolution question

Posted by Tim Perkins <tp...@salsify.com>.
In the V1 schema, I think the default for the orientation array should be
null (without the quotes), not the string "null".

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Vinicius Carvalho <
viniciusccarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there, I'm using Avro 1.8.0, and I'm not sure why one of my
> compatibility tests is failing.
>
> I have two schemas:
>
> V1:
>
> {
>   "namespace" : "io.igx.android",
>   "type" : "record",
>   "name" : "Sensor",
>   "fields" : [
>     {"name":"id","type":"string"},
>     {"name":"temperature", "type":"float"},
>     {"name":"acceleration", "type":"float","default":0.0},
>     {"name":"velocity","type":"float","default":0.0},
>     {"name":"accelerometer","type":[
>       "null",{
>         "type":"array",
>         "items":"float"
>       }
>     ]},
>     {"name":"magneticField","type":[
>       "null",{
>         "type":"array",
>         "items":"float"
>       }
>     ]},
>     {"name":"orientation","type":[
>       "null",{
>         "type":"array",
>         "items":"float"
>       }
>     ],"default":"null"}
>
>   ]
>
> }
>
> V2:
> {
>   "namespace" : "io.igx.android",
>   "type" : "record",
>   "name" : "Sensor",
>   "fields" : [
>     {"name":"id","type":"string"},
>     {"name":"temperature", "type":"float", "default":0.0},
>     {"name":"acceleration", "type":"float","default":0.0},
>     {"name":"velocity","type":"float","default":0.0},
>     {"name":"accelerometer","type":[
>       "null",{
>         "type":"array",
>         "items":"float"
>       }
>     ]},
>     {"name":"magneticField","type":[
>       "null",{
>         "type":"array",
>         "items":"float"
>       }
>     ]}
>
>   ]
>
> }
>
> As you can see the only difference between those two is that one of the
> arrays is removed from V2, and I've added a default value to a property on
> V2.
>
> If I run:
>
> SchemaCompatibility.checkReaderWriterCompatibility(load("schemas/sensor_v2.avsc"),load("schemas/sensor_v1.avsc")).getType()
>
> It prints out that data written in v2 should be able to be read by v1,
> which seems logical
>
> But when I try to deserialize data from v2 using v1 reader I get an error:
>
> Sensor v1Fromv2 = deserialize(v2Bytes,v1.getSchema(),v2.getSchema());
>
> private <T> T deserialize(byte[] bytes, Schema reader, Schema writer)
> throws Exception{
> DatumReader datumReader = new SpecificDatumReader<>(writer,reader);
> Decoder decoder = DecoderFactory.get().binaryDecoder(bytes,null);
> return (T) datumReader.read(null,decoder);
> }
> org.apache.avro.AvroTypeException: Non-null default value for null type:
> "null"
>
> Not sure why is the deserialization not working if the compatibility check
> passes
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards
>



-- 

*Tim Perkins*
*Software Architect, Salsify*
*a:* 1 Winthrop Square • Boston, MA 02110
*t:*  617-669-7835
*e:* tperkins@salsify.com
*w:* www.salsify.com

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