Robey Pointer wrote:
Maybe we should add a type of Array that implements the avro array interface but doesn't require a schema?
Instances must know their schema in order to implement #equals(), #compareTo() and #hashCode() consistently with their serialized form. This is because of unions. Since different branches of a union are not directly comparable, unions are ordered by branch.
I'm pushing on this because if you look at my sample code, it's by far the ugliest part of assembling a reply.
Perhaps we can instead work to simplify schema constructors? For example, we might support something like:
Schema.arrayOf(Type.INTEGER) Similarly, we could add a unionOf that uses varargs, e.g.: Schema.unionOf(Type.NULL, Type.STRING); Could such things help? Doug
