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Oscar Westra van Holthe - Kind edited comment on AVRO-3374 at 5/16/22 6:42 PM: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is correct? The spec says: "Primitive type names have no namespace and their names may not be defined in any namespace" Should we change the spec and allow primitive names if defined in a namespace? Or atypical to the spec and disallow primitive names in any namespace? was (Author: opwvhk): What is correct? The spec says: "Primitive type names have no namespace and their names may not be defined in any namespace" Should we change the spec and allow primitive names of defined in a namespace? Or atypical to the spec and disallow primitive names in any namespace? > [Java] Fully qualified type reference "ns.int" loses namespace. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: AVRO-3374 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3374 > Project: Apache Avro > Issue Type: Bug > Components: java > Affects Versions: 1.11.0 > Reporter: Ryan Skraba > Assignee: Christophe Le Saec > Priority: Minor > > While brainstorming for AVRO-3370, I came across this special case where a > type-reference could be considered ambiguous if the SDK is not careful when > simplifying inherited namespaces: > {code:json} > { > "type" : "record", > "name" : "ns.int", > "fields" : [ > {"name" : "value", "type" : "int"}, > {"name" : "next", "type" : [ "null", "ns.int" ]} > ] > } > {code} > In Java, if this code is parsed, it works as expected (as a linked list). > If the schema is turned to a String using toString(), the namespace is > dropped off the last {*}{{ns.int}}{*}, turning it into the primitive. That > string can still be parsed into a Schema, but the "round-trip" modifies the > schema in an incompatible way. > That namespace shouldn't be dropped when producing the JSON string > representing the Schema in Java. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.7#820007)