Details
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New Feature
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Status: Open
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Critical
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Support using named types as base types for new schemas. Properties are inherited by default.
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Core
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Important
Description
Include the option to use named types as base types for a new schema. Allow for MRO generation. Field inheritance.
The benefits of this approach include:
- Defining a schema as validation for a certain wire, and so allowing the receiver to be certain of the structure of the data (this works today). However, defining an extension of this schema, or certain schemas which can be normalized to the original schema, but contain additional information, will not allow it to be sent over the same wire.
- Backwards compatibility through inheritance - you never break the old schema, thus allowing a long integration period, with no need to recode all processes familiar with the schema. The new schema will simply inherit the old one, and only add information.
- Allow for full data control through polymorphism, and the ability to replace structures within any supported language.
Attachments
Issue Links
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AVRO-3176 Add a support of inheritance in AVRO schema
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