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Thiruvalluvan M. G. commented on AVRO-637:
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The interface java.util.Collection does not preserve the order, but we need to
preserve the order for Avro array. So I feel a more appropriate type for
GenericArray should be java.util.List.
> GenericArray should implement Collection
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> Key: AVRO-637
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-637
> Project: Avro
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: java
> Reporter: Doug Cutting
> Assignee: Doug Cutting
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> It would be nice if Avro arrays were better integrated with Java collections.
> The GenericArray interface permits array element reuse, which is awkward
> with java.util.Collection. But if GenericArray implemented Collection and
> the Avro runtime permitted arbitrary Collection implementations to be passed
> for Arrays then it would simplify many applications. The runtime could still
> reuse elements if an array implemented GenericArray, so performance would not
> suffer for applications that, e.g., loop over a data file, reusing instances.
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