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Bruce Mitchener commented on AVRO-465: -------------------------------------- I'd suggest this signature: avro_schema_t avro_file_reader_get_schema(avro_file_reader_t reader) > C implementation requires you to know a file's schema before reading > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: AVRO-465 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-465 > Project: Avro > Issue Type: Bug > Components: c > Affects Versions: 1.3.0 > Reporter: Jeff Hodges > Attachments: AVRO-465-schema_for_reader.patch > > > The C implementation gives the user no way of reading the objects in a data > file without knowing the file's schema ahead of time. > While it does fill in the writers_schema part of the avro_file_reader_t on > read, this field is not available to the API as it is left out of avro.h. Two > options persent itself: 1) preserve the API as is and add a > avro_schema_from_file_reader() function or 2) move the avro_file_reader_t and > avro_file_writer_t structs to avro.h. > A third option, that I don't approve of, is providing a function that reads > from a datafile but uses the writers_schema in the reader given instead of > requiring another schema to be passed into it. This is problematic because > anyone using the API would have fewer debugging and testing options when > dealing with interop datasets. Any problem that occurs might just be the > schema in the file being off, or whatever. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.