[THRIFT-946] Augment FieldValueMetaData so it differentiates 'string' and 'binary' fields.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7
• Fix Version/s: 0.6
• Component/s: Java - Compiler, Java - Library
• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Mathias Herberts
• Reporter: Mathias Herberts
• Created: 06/Oct/10 14:21
• Updated: 06/Oct/10 20:00
• Resolved: 06/Oct/10 20:00

Description

String fields are not differentiated from binary fields in the meta data map. This is sometimes problematic when manipulating Thrift structs in tools such as Pig.

The included patch extends FieldValueMetaData with 'isBinary' field and method and modifies the java compiler so generated code correctly reflects the binary nature of fields in the meta data.