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[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-1340) use default to allow old readers to
specify default enum value when encountering new enum symbols
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Felix GV commented on AVRO-1340:
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It is great to see this issue resolved! Avro 1.9.0 is not released yet, right?
Is there any documentation on how to use this feature? (i.e.: schema design, expected semantics, etc.)
I have tried the following but the page is not there yet: [https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.9.0/spec.html]
Thanks!
-F
> use default to allow old readers to specify default enum value when encountering new enum symbols
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: AVRO-1340
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1340
> Project: Apache Avro
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: spec
> Environment: N/A
> Reporter: Jim Donofrio
> Assignee: Adam Bellemare
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 1.9.0
>
>
> The schema resolution page says:
> > if both are enums:
> > if the writer's symbol is not present in the reader's enum, then an
> error is signalled.
> This makes it difficult to use enum's because you can never add a enum value and keep old reader's compatible. Why not use the default option to refer to one of enum values so that when a old reader encounters a enum ordinal it does not recognize, it can default to the optional schema provided one. If the old schema does not provide a default then the older reader can continue to fail as it does today.
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