[AVRO-393] byte[] constructor for Utf8 desired

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.0
• Component/s: java
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Jeff Hodges
• Reporter: Jeff Hodges
• Created: 03/Feb/10 23:25
• Updated: 13/Dec/11 19:06
• Resolved: 04/Feb/10 00:26

Description

We've come across a few use cases where we know that a given byte array is properly Utf8 encoded, but Utf8 has no constructor to take it. Instead, we have to turn it into a String first just to have it swapped back. This is sucky.