[jira] [Created] (AVRO-1362) Avro schema array cannot reference previously defined record types

["Bill Baird (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Bill Baird created AVRO-1362:
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             Summary: Avro schema array cannot reference previously defined record types
                 Key: AVRO-1362
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1362
             Project: Avro
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: java
    Affects Versions: 1.7.4
         Environment: Schema class - org.apache.avro:avro:1.7.4
Also confirmed in Avro 1.7.5 (RC)
            Reporter: Bill Baird


The following schema compiles successfully in Avro(c#), but in Avro(Java)returns a "Type not supported: Invoice" when parsing the "ListOfInvoices" array.  Problem appears to be in the parse method.  {"items": "Invoice"} does not properly parse to find the "Invoice" type.

{   "namespace": "SampleClasses",
    "name": "Batch",
    "type": "record",
    "fields": [
		{ "name": "Invoices", "type": {
				"type": "array",
				"items": {
                            "name": "Invoice",
                            "type": "record",
                            "fields": [
                                { "name": "Id", "type": "string" }
                            ]
						}
				}
		},
		{ "name": "SingleInvoice", "type": "Invoice" },            // This reference to "Invoice" works fine.
		{ "name": "ListOfInvoices", "type": {
				"type": "array", "items": {	"type": "Invoice" }    // Fails - does not get previous definition of "Invoice"
			    }
		}
	]
}

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