[NIFI-8512] NiFi is not efficient when handling nullable types with Avro Reader/Writer

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.14.0
• Component/s: Extensions
• Assignee: Mark Payne
• Reporter: Mark Payne
• Created: 03/May/21 21:46
• Updated: 06/May/21 20:07
• Resolved: 06/May/21 20:07

Description

When using the Avro Reader/Writer any time we encounter nullable types, the AvroTypeUtil uses rather expensive logic that is necessary for many UNION cases but can be avoided in the case of UNION with NULL and one other data type.

Issue Links

• is related to: NIFI-6640 Schema Inference of UNION/CHOICE types not handled correctly
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5051