Ryan Skraba created AVRO-3430:
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Summary: [Spec] Clarify whether a primitive type can have metadata
Key: AVRO-3430
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3430
Project: Apache Avro
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Ryan Skraba
Given the following schema:
{code:java}
{
"name": "a",
"namespace": "top",
"type": "record",
"fields": [
{"name": "b", "type": {"name": "c", "type": "string"}}
]
} {code}
What does the *{{"name": "c"}}* do and how should it be treated?
Currently, the Java SDK drops this name silently, since primitive types have no
attributes.
The spec says:
{quote}"Attributes not defined in this document are permitted as metadata, but
must not affect the format of serialized data."
{quote}
Should this property be retained in the schema? Is it correct to drop it?
Should this be a parsing error?
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