[jira] [Updated] (AVRO-941) Avro should support the Apache Maven Shade plugin class relocation feature

["Matt Massie (Updated) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Matt Massie updated AVRO-941:
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    Attachment: shade.patch

Doug's patch against 1.5.4.
                
> Avro should support the Apache Maven Shade plugin class relocation feature
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>                 Key: AVRO-941
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-941
>             Project: Avro
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: java
>    Affects Versions: 1.5.4
>            Reporter: Matt Massie
>         Attachments: shade.patch
>
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> The Apache shade plugin allows maven builds to create an uber jar that contains dependencies in the project.  In addition, the shade plugin allows you to relocate dependencies into a private namespace to prevent class conflicts on shared class paths.  Avro does not support relocation.
> All generated Avro objects contain a string field named SCHEMA$ which serves as the authority for the class namespace.  When the shade plugin updates the byte code to relocate the class, it doesn't alter the SCHEMA$ string.  This break Avro use of reflection since the namespace in SCHEMA$ points to an incorrect location.
> I spoke with Doug about the issue and he was kind enough to provide a quick hack in order to fix this issue.  The hack is to check for mismatches between the byte code and the SCHEMA$ and, when they don't match, to defer to the byte code.  I'll attach Doug's patch to this Jira.  

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