[AVRO-195] Complex type support for write streams

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.0
• Component/s: c
• Assignee: Matt Massie
• Reporter: Matt Massie
• Created: 13/Nov/09 05:27
• Updated: 01/Mar/10 17:09
• Resolved: 14/Nov/09 07:10

Description

This patch:

• Ensures that proper write handlers are defined for all data types
• Moves the decorator module to a separate source file in the top-level 'datatypes' directory
• Renames avro_value_info to avro_value_module
• Removes internal types (AVRO_DECORATOR, AVRO_FIELD) from public API since they are private types
• Adds a new opaque avro_value type and removes all references to it in the private code

This patch is part of the prep work needed to start a public API and complete unit tests for the complex types.