[jira] [Created] (AVRO-2140) Validation of Union Schemas

["Marcos Lopez Gonzalez (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Marcos Lopez Gonzalez created AVRO-2140:
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             Summary: Validation of Union Schemas
                 Key: AVRO-2140
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2140
             Project: Avro
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: java
    Affects Versions: 1.8.2
            Reporter: Marcos Lopez Gonzalez


When validating a union Schema in the method
{code:java}
Schema.isValidDefault(Schema schema, JsonNode defaultValue){code}
for the case of UNION it only validates the first type of the union:

 
{code:java}
case UNION: // union default: first branch
return isValidDefault(schema.getTypes().get(0), defaultValue);
{code}
This leads to some warnings that can create confusion.

 

For example, if you have a field like this:

 
{code:java}
{
  "name" : "synonym",
  "type" : [ "null", "boolean" ],
  "default" : false
}
{code}
{{and you assign it false as default you get this warning because it only validates that false is not null:}}
{code:java}
[WARNING] Avro: Invalid default for field synonym: false not a ["null","boolean"]{code}
 

I think in this cases the validation should check all the types of the union to avoid these warnings.

I would be happy to create a PR to improve this if you think we should go for it.

 

 



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