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Oscar Westra van Holthe - Kind updated AVRO-3257:
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Component/s: java
spec
> IDL: add syntax to create optional fields
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> Key: AVRO-3257
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3257
> Project: Apache Avro
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: java, spec
> Reporter: Oscar Westra van Holthe - Kind
> Assignee: Oscar Westra van Holthe - Kind
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: javacc
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> To define optional values, Avro has the "union with the null type"
> construction.
> In IDL, this is a rather verbose construct:
> {code}
> union {null, string} optionalName = null;
> {code}
> Wish: add Kotlin style optional types like this:
> {code}
> string? optionalName = null;
> {code}
> The resulting schema should be identical; it's only a syntax change.
> Note: it would be nice (but not required) if the syntax would also work if
> the default value is not null:
> {code}
> string? optionalName = "Jane Doe";
> {code}
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