[AVRO-1173] C++ API for dynamic reading/writing based on schema

• Type: Wish
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: c++
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Stefan Langer
• Created: 25/Sep/12 13:08
• Updated: 24/Nov/18 04:36
• Resolved: 24/Nov/18 04:36

Description

When I started looking at Avro I hoped it would offer some API to read values by name/id (or at least get name/id of datum while iterating over all entries).

When looking at examples for C: http://avro.apache.org/docs/1.6.3/api/c/index.html#_examples
... or some Java examples
There are getters/setters which have name-arguments, and there are Record-objects constructed from schema which help reading/writing data.

While testing the C++ API, I couldn't find a way to do so with it!
I'm still not sure if I'm missing some part of the API or if it is just not yet part of the C++ Interface.

About C API: I could not use it, because it is C99 focused, so it can't be compiled on our VS2008 ... For the C++ API it's just some tiny tweaks to get it running.
About Generator: I'm not interested in generating code (if I would be there are enough alternatives to Avro ...)

Issue Links

• is related to: AVRO-1174 AvroC 1.7.2 Fixing VS2008 Build