[jira] [Assigned] (AVRO-1330) java: allow custom Encodings with annotations

["Vincenz Priesnitz (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Vincenz Priesnitz reassigned AVRO-1330:
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    Assignee: Vincenz Priesnitz
    
> java: allow custom Encodings with annotations
> ---------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: AVRO-1330
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1330
>             Project: Avro
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: java
>            Reporter: Vincenz Priesnitz
>            Assignee: Vincenz Priesnitz
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: Avro-1330.patch, Avro-1330update.patch
>
>
> I propose an annotation @AvroEncode that allows one to encode a java field or a class directly. The motivation behind this is that some classes are impossible to serialize due to transient fields or result in a verbose encoding. For example, java.util.Date cannot be serialized as of now. 
> The annotation would specify an implementation of an abstract serializer/deserializer class, which reads and writes directly from the encoder/decoder. 
> It would also insert the encodings schema into the surrounding schema.
> The annotation would look like this: 
> {code}
> @AvroEncode(using=DateToUtcMillisecondsSerDe)
> Date date;
> {code}
> {code}
> public class DateToUtcMillisecondsSerDe extends CustomSerDe<Date> {
>   {
>     schema = Schema.create(Schema.Type.LONG);
>   }
>   
>   @Override
>   void write(Date datum, Encoder out) throws IOException {
>     out.writeLong(datum.getTime());
>   }
>   @Override
>   void read(Date datum, Decoder in) throws IOException  {
>     datum.setTime(in.readLong());
>   }
> }
> {code}
> As a proof of concept, i implemented  such a serDe for java.util.Date.
> this would solve avro-739 by delivering one or several default formats for Date, which can be Overridden to any representation by implemeting a different SerDe.

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