[AVRO-851] Unicode issue in JSON encoding from Java

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.2
• Component/s: java
• Assignee: Jeff Mesnil
• Reporter: Jeff Mesnil
• Created: 06/Jul/11 06:52
• Updated: 25/Sep/12 21:16
• Resolved: 13/Sep/12 20:07

Description

There is an issue in Avro's java code when encoding a GenericData as JSON in GenericData#writeEscapedString().
In the default clause, it must be the hexadecimal value of the character that must be written and not the string itself, otherwise the built JSON string is not valid.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: AVRO-860 Invalid JSON when printing out records with unicode