[jira] [Resolved] (AVRO-3160) Decimal logical type for strings

["Artur Kalimullin (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3160?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Artur Kalimullin resolved AVRO-3160.
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    Resolution: Implemented

> Decimal logical type for strings
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>
>                 Key: AVRO-3160
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3160
>             Project: Apache Avro
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: java
>            Reporter: Artur Kalimullin
>            Priority: Major
>
> Currently in avro there is just one way to represent BigDecimal: using bytes type with decimal logical type.
> Unfortunately, it's not really convenient to use in non-java environments (we currently have services in java and PHP that are communicating using avro).
> As an alternative, string could be used to represent decimal number without loosing precision and that's how we are doing it now. I propose to add logical type decimal to the type string to be able to use BigDecimal directly without converting it on client side.
> I could create a PR for that but wanted to know your opinion first about it, would you consider merging it? (I guess that's a question to [~rskraba])



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