Matt Burgess created NIFI-3000:
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Summary: Avro processors should support logical types
Key: NIFI-3000
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-3000
Project: Apache NiFi
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: Extensions
Reporter: Matt Burgess
Most/All of the Avro processors cannot currently handle logical types such as
fixed and date types. The current version of Avro used is 1.7.7, which only
supports decimal and fixed logical types
(https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.7.7/spec.html#Logical+Types). If this version
is to be retained, then support for decimal and fixed logical types should be
added wherever possible.
However I think a better option is to upgrade to Avro 1.8.x and support all the
corresponding logical types
(https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.8.0/spec.html#Logical+Types). This would
involve regression testing and possibly breaking changes (although hopefully
not from the user perspective).
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