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[jira] [Updated] (AVRO-873) SpecificDatumReader should allow users to specify the ClassLoader used.

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-873?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Michael Armbrust updated AVRO-873:
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    Status: Patch Available  (was: Open)

Here is a patch the implements the improvement.  Comments or suggestions appreciated.

> SpecificDatumReader should allow users to specify the ClassLoader used.
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>
>                 Key: AVRO-873
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-873
>             Project: Avro
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: java
>            Reporter: Michael Armbrust
>
> Right now SpecificData resolves classes for SpecificRecords by calling Class.forName(), which uses the ClassLoader used to load the SpecificData class. I believe this makes it impossible to deserialize into SpecificRecords that are loaded using a different ClassLoader.
> One relatively simple way to fix this limitations involves:
> * Adding a constructor to SpecificData that allows the user to specify a ClassLoader.
> * Changing the current protected constructor of SpecificDatumReader that takes a SpecificData to be public instead of protected.
> * Changing SpecificDatumReader to actually use the SpecificData that is passed into the constructor.

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