Fokko commented on code in PR #2521: URL: https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/2521#discussion_r1361868247
########## lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/io/BlockingDirectBinaryEncoder.java: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ +package org.apache.avro.io; + +import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; +import java.io.IOException; +import java.io.OutputStream; +import java.nio.ByteBuffer; + +/** + * An {@link Encoder} for Avro's binary encoding that does not buffer output. + * <p/> + * This encoder does not buffer writes, and as a result is slower than + * {@link BufferedBinaryEncoder}. However, it is lighter-weight and useful when + * the buffering in BufferedBinaryEncoder is not desired and/or the Encoder is + * very short-lived. + * <p/> + * To construct, use + * {@link EncoderFactory#blockingDirectBinaryEncoder(OutputStream, BinaryEncoder)} + * <p/> + * BlockingDirectBinaryEncoder is not thread-safe + * + * @see BinaryEncoder + * @see EncoderFactory + * @see Encoder + * @see Decoder + */ +public class BlockingDirectBinaryEncoder extends DirectBinaryEncoder { + private static final ThreadLocal<BufferOutputStream> BUFFER = ThreadLocal.withInitial(BufferOutputStream::new); Review Comment: Oh that's an excellent question. The idea was to re-use the buffer since it can grow quite a bit (in the case of the Apache Iceberg metadata), but a local variable is indeed a better plan to avoid race conditions. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
