[AVRO-206] Java compiler/python parser don't conform to spec re object schema

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.0
• Component/s: java, python
• Assignee: Patrick D. Hunt
• Reporter: Patrick D. Hunt
• Created: 18/Nov/09 05:17
• Updated: 01/Mar/10 17:09
• Resolved: 13/Jan/10 22:16

Description

According to the spec (if I'm reading it correctly)
–
Primitive type names are also defined type names. Thus, for example, the schema "string" is equivalent to:

{"type": "string"}

– protocol
A message has attributes:

• a response schema; and
  –
  however the following fails to compile/parse under java/python:

{
"protocol": "p1",

"messages": {
"m1": {
"request": [],
"response":

{"type":"string"}

}
}
}

Exception in thread "main" org.apache.avro.SchemaParseException: Type not yet supported: string
at org.apache.avro.Schema.parse(Schema.java:430)
at org.apache.avro.Protocol.parseMessage(Protocol.java:275)

Issue Links

• is blocked by: AVRO-264 Rewrite Python implementation's IPC path (protocol.py, ipc.py, genericipc.py) and associated tests