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Jeff Hodges resolved AVRO-529. ------------------------------ Fix Version/s: 1.3.2 Resolution: Won't Fix The error should be made better (so I made AVRO-531), and while it might be nice for arrays and maps, the problems of allowing for "nested" schemas are more trouble than they are worth, atm. > Cannot use array type in avro request > ------------------------------------- > > Key: AVRO-529 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-529 > Project: Avro > Issue Type: Bug > Components: ruby > Affects Versions: 1.4.0 > Environment: Mac OS X > Reporter: Wanli Yang > Fix For: 1.3.2 > > > While it is OK to use array in avro response, we get the following error when > using it in the type definition. e.g.: > { > "namespace": "my_namespace", > "protocol": "MyProtocol", > "types": [ > { > "name": "Thing", "type": "record", "fields": [ > { "name": "id", "type": "long" }, > { "name": "other_ids", "type": "array", "items": "long" } > ... > /script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/schema.rb:78:in `real_parse': > "array" is not a schema we know about. (Avro::SchemaParseError) > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/schema.rb:135:in > `subparse' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/schema.rb:369:in > `initialize' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/schema.rb:180:in > `new' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/schema.rb:180:in > `make_field_objects' > from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in > `each_with_index' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/schema.rb:174:in > `each' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/schema.rb:174:in > `each_with_index' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/schema.rb:174:in > `make_field_objects' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/schema.rb:200:in > `initialize' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/schema.rb:53:in > `new' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/schema.rb:53:in > `real_parse' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/protocol.rb:73:in > `parse_types' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/protocol.rb:70:in > `collect' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/protocol.rb:70:in > `parse_types' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/protocol.rb:54:in > `initialize' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/protocol.rb:31:in > `new' > from ./script/../vendor/gems/avro-1.4.0.pre1/lib/avro/protocol.rb:31:in > `parse' -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.