[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2544) Allow avro-maven-plugin to generate Java classes that implement interfaces

["Michal Sabo (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Michal Sabo commented on AVRO-2544:
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You may probably find it useful, there is already an Avro compiler extension specificaly providing the these features - https://github.com/sabomichal/avro-compiler-extension

> Allow avro-maven-plugin to generate Java classes that implement interfaces 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: AVRO-2544
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2544
>             Project: Apache Avro
>          Issue Type: Wish
>          Components: java
>    Affects Versions: 1.9.0
>            Reporter: Michael Snell
>            Priority: Major
>
> Currently Java code generated by the avro-maven-plugin  implements the org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecord interface, but there is no ability to have the generated code implement additional interfaces, which would make it possible to improve type-safety and readability.
> Similar to the already existing @java-class annotation ([https://avro.apache.org/docs/current/idl.html#minutiae_annotations]) I suggest adding a @java-implements annotation that could be added to a record definition:
> {code:java}
> @java-implements("an.example.JavaInterface")
> record AnExampleRecord {
> ...{code}
> This would be used by the avro-maven-plugin when generating Java code such that the result implements both SpecificRecord and the specified interface:
> {code:java}
> public class AnExampleRecord extends org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecordBase implements org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecord , an.example.JavaInterface{code}



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