[AVRO-1455] Deep copy does not need to create new instances for primitives

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.6
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.7
• Component/s: java
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Thomas White
• Reporter: Thomas White
• Created: 12/Feb/14 11:53
• Updated: 03/Jun/15 16:49
• Resolved: 03/Mar/14 15:26

Description

Java Boolean, Integer, Long, Float and Double are immutable so there's no need to create new instances for them in GenericData#deepCopy. Note that this optimization is already present for String.