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Doug Houck commented on AVRO-1285:
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Thinking a bit more about this request.... I am not sure it is a very good
idea. It is simple, of course, to see how this works from a Java
implementation. Java already supports circular references, so I thought maybe
Avro could as well. However, Avro is not Java. Just consider the
'getSchema().toString()' that this would cause. Normally, you would get the
completely de-referenced schema of the object. If Avro supported circular
references, this would be infinitely long, continually bouncing back and forth
between the references. Changes could be made to still support how that is
represented, but I am not sure I like the impact.
I think I am the original submitter of this ticket, via Viji. If that is the
case, I respectfully request closure of this issue... it just seems like a bad
idea.
> Avro schema compile does not support circular reference
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> Key: AVRO-1285
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1285
> Project: Avro
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: java
> Reporter: Viji
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: multipass.tar
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> While declaring a Schema, doing a circular reference is not possible if the
> Schema for the external reference is in another file. Attached is a project
> that provides 2 schemas that exhibits this missing feature.
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