[AVRO-993] Add methods back to GenericDatumReader that were removed in AVRO-839

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.0, 1.6.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.2
• Component/s: java
• Assignee: James Baldassari
• Reporter: James Baldassari
• Created: 16/Jan/12 07:48
• Updated: 02/May/13 02:29
• Resolved: 17/Jan/12 19:43

Description

As part of AVRO-839 three methods were moved from GenericDatumReader to GenericData:

• newRecord(Object, Schema)
• createFixed(Object old, Schema schema)
• createFixed(Object, byte[], Schema)

Although their visibility is protected, they are part of the public API because GenericDatumReader is public. Therefore these methods should have been deprecated before being removed. The removal of these methods caused PIG-2463.

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: PIG-2463 AvroStorage doesn't work with Avro 1.6.0
• is related to: AVRO-839 Implement builder pattern in generated record classes that sets default values when omitted