Waiting for a review : https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1337
Regards Bertrand On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Bertrand Dechoux <[email protected]>wrote: > After browsing the (nice) API, it seems indeed trivial. > > The Idl class allows to read/parse the related file. > > http://avro.apache.org/docs/current/api/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/idl/Idl.html#Idl%28java.io.File%29 > > The Protocol object can then be requested from it. > > http://avro.apache.org/docs/current/api/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/idl/Idl.html#ProtocolDeclaration%28%29 > > Of course, the types can then be requested from the Protocol itself. > > http://avro.apache.org/docs/current/api/java/org/apache/avro/Protocol.html#getTypes%28%29 > > And then it is only a matter of serializing them. And actually the API > provides even a 'pretty' option. > > http://avro.apache.org/docs/current/api/java/org/apache/avro/Schema.html#toString%28boolean%29 > > I will definitely look at it (ie with javac). Contributing it as a tool > would be nice. But I won't go into the maven land. > > Regards > > Bertrand > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 9:11 PM, Doug Cutting <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There's not a tool that does this currently. Note however that >> existing tools will generate Java classes for each type in an IDL >> file, so if you're only using Java then you might not need a .avsc >> file for each type in the IDL. >> >> It would not be hard to add a tool (or an option to an existing tool) >> that wrote a .avsc file for each type in an .avdl file. One could >> also add Maven support for this. If this is of interest, please file >> an issue in Jira. >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO >> >> If you're willing and able, please provide an implementation. >> Otherwise hopefully someone else will help out. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Doug >> >> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Jeremy Kahn <[email protected]> wrote: >> > The "types" field in a protocol (.avro) may get you what you need. The >> > corresponding schema objects should be able to render to well-formed >> avsc >> > objects. >> > >> > On May 17, 2013 5:47 AM, "Bertrand Dechoux" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I have lots of avro schemas and most of them are about complex objects >> (ie >> >> nested definition of stuff). The syntax of avro idl is attractive in >> order >> >> to build something more readable and thus maintainable. However, it >> looks >> >> like I can't generate any avsc from a avdl (or the avpr generated from >> the >> >> avdl). I understand what is a protocol and I don't need one but the idl >> >> syntax is really attractive. Is there really no way to use it for that >> >> purpose? >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Bertrand >> >> >> >> >> >> PS : I remember seeing a discussion about that subject but I can't find >> >> it. >> > > > > -- > Bertrand Dechoux > -- Bertrand Dechoux
