[AVRO-583] Bad error message if you try and name an array or a map: org.apache.avro.SchemaParseException: Undefined name: "map"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: java
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Doug Cutting
• Reporter: Sam Pullara
• Created: 22/Jun/10 23:00
• Updated: 08/Sep/10 21:07
• Resolved: 03/Aug/10 23:04

Description

Error message should be something like "You can't name a map"

Broken schema:
{
"name":"annoyance",
"type":"record",
"fields":[

{ "name":"mymap", "type":"map", "values":"string" }

]
}

Error:

org.apache.avro.SchemaParseException: Undefined name: "map"
at org.apache.avro.Schema.parse(Schema.java:876)
at org.apache.avro.Schema.parse(Schema.java:912)
at org.apache.avro.Schema.parse(Schema.java:796)