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Lewis John McGibbney commented on GORA-397: ------------------------------------------- For context, the conversation I had a while back on this topic can be found on the public Avro lists http://www.mail-archive.com/user%40avro.apache.org/msg02488.html > Support pre-defining types within GoraCompiler > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: GORA-397 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GORA-397 > Project: Apache Gora > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: avro, gora-compiler > Affects Versions: 0.5 > Reporter: Lewis John McGibbney > Fix For: 0.6 > > > Right now in the GoraCompiler we do not support predefining field types based > on ordering of .avsc as it is passed into the GoraCompiler. > This is supported in the Avro SpecificCompiler meaning that you can write > schemas which inherit fields of custom type based on the compiler reading the > custom type before it is used within the compilation and use of this type in > another schema. > This feature is VERY useful when working with scomplex schema models and > where you wish to separate out and maintain individual objects rather than > explicitly nest them in large, difficult to maintain schema objects! -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)