[AVRO-3666] New schema parser for all supported schema formats

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Implemented
• Fix Version/s: 1.12.0
• Component/s: java
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Oscar Westra van Holthe - Kind
• Reporter: Oscar Westra van Holthe - Kind
• Created: 08/Nov/22 18:48
• Updated: 07/May/24 16:22
• Resolved: 10/Apr/24 09:43

Description

As the new IDL syntax also supports schema files, it's time to refactor schema parsing in Java to support all schema formats.

The goals:

• Parse JSON schemata with the same results
• Parse IDL schemata in the same way
• Use a pluggable API that supports other schema formats as well

 

Issue Links

• fixes: AVRO-1757 Serialize Avro schema objects to avdl file (IDL format)
• requires: AVRO-3404 Extend the IDL syntax to serve as a .avsc equivalent as well
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1954
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2513
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2642