[AVRO-1346] C++: schema parser cannot parse verbose primitive types

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.4
• Component/s: c++
• Assignee: Skye Wanderman-Milne
• Reporter: Skye Wanderman-Milne
• Created: 06/Jun/13 17:41
• Updated: 28/Dec/18 16:25
• Resolved: 20/Jun/13 17:18

Description

The Avro C++ library's schema parser currently throws an "Unknown additional Json fields" exception if a primitive type is not represented as a string literal. As per http://avro.apache.org/docs/current/spec.html#schema_primitive, primitive types can be defined as e.g. "{type: string}" or "string". Extra attributes are allowed too, e.g. "{"avro.java.string":"String","type":"string"}" (from the spec: "Attributes not defined in this document are permitted as metadata, but must not affect the format of serialized data.").