Thanks. J
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 6:20 PM, James Baldassari <[email protected]>wrote: > GenericData is a singleton. You can use the static method > GenericData#get() to obtain the singleton instance: > > > http://avro.apache.org/docs/current/api/java/org/apache/avro/generic/GenericData.html#get() > > -James > > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Jeremy Lewi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes. How do I instantiate an instance of GenericData though? It looks >> like its constructors are protected. >> >> Thanks >> J >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:52 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There is deepcopy method on genericdata I think >>> >>> I used it to create deep copies of the avro data >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Mar 11, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Jeremy Lewi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > In java, I'd like to make a deep copy of an avro record. >>> > >>> > Looking at the code that the avro compiler generates it looks like the >>> way to do this for records of type GraphNodeData >>> > would be >>> > GraphNodeData copy = GraphNodeData.newBuilder(existing_value).build(); >>> > >>> > where GraphNodeData is the name of my avro record. >>> > >>> > Unfortunately, this generates a compile time error because >>> > the method GraphNodeData.build is decorated with "@Override" but it >>> apparently does not override any method. >>> > Deleting "@Override" makes the code work. Unfortunately, I would have >>> to do this every time I regenerated my avro classes from the schema. >>> > >>> > Am I doing something wrong or should I file a bug? >>> > >>> > Thanks >>> > J >>> >> >> >
