Hi Doug, just logged a vote in favor 692.
Is there an ETA for 1.5? From: Doug Cutting <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 3:08:23 PM Subject: Re: 1.2 to 1.4 datafile conversion On 11/09/2010 02:46 PM, Doug Cutting wrote: > For example, we could add a datafile reader interface that both the 1.2 > and 1.4 version implement, then have a factory that creates one or the > other after reading the file header. Then you'd not need to rewrite > files: the Java implementation would be able to read both versions > transparently. Just realized I already added that interface: http://avro.apache.org/docs/current/api/java/org/apache/avro/file/FileReader.html (This was added to permit transparent reading of SequenceFiles using Avro reflection.) So, in AVRO-692, I'd need to make DataFileReader12 implement this, then add a factory that creates an appropriate reader after sniffing a file. Doug
