[GitHub] [avro] zolyfarkas commented on pull request #869: AVRO-2822: Add toString that doesn't inline referenced schemas

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zolyfarkas commented on pull request #869:
URL: https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/869#issuecomment-621802979


   It would be nice to expose Schema.Names for the purpose of customizing schema reference resolution. 
   
   Here are the use cases I have:
   
   1) Avsc files referencing other schemas by name, declared in other avsc files.(without the need to rely on any specific processing order). I have implemented this in a [custom maven plugin](http://www.spf4j.org/spf4j-avro-components/maven-avro-schema-plugin/index.html)  and had to use various hacks to get it done/ [see](https://github.com/zolyfarkas/spf4j/blob/master/spf4j-avro-components/maven-avro-schema-plugin/src/main/java/org/spf4j/maven/plugin/avro/avscp/SchemaCompileMojo.java#L350) basically use the same resolution mechanism used by the avdl+avpr.
   
   2) Custom references. ability to refer to a schema published to a repo like: {"$ref":"org.spf4j.demo:jaxrs-spf4j-demo-schema:0.3:2"}. For a detailed description [see](https://github.com/zolyfarkas/jaxrs-spf4j-demo/wiki/AvroReferences)
   
   Probably worthwhile to create a new JIRA for this, or a AEP? 


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