jecsand838 commented on code in PR #8371:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/8371#discussion_r2360669205
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arrow-avro/src/writer/format.rs:
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@@ -84,25 +106,87 @@ impl AvroFormat for AvroOcfFormat {
}
}
-/// Raw Avro binary streaming format (no header or footer).
+/// Raw Avro binary streaming format using **Single-Object Encoding** per
record.
+///
+/// Each record written by the stream writer is framed with a prefix determined
+/// by the schema fingerprinting algorithm.
+///
+/// See:
<https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.11.1/specification/#single-object-encoding>
+/// See:
<https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/fundamentals/serdes-develop/index.html#wire-format>
#[derive(Debug, Default)]
-pub struct AvroBinaryFormat;
+pub struct AvroBinaryFormat {
Review Comment:
> Are you recommending a binary format separate from the single object
encoding pattern which differs in that it doesn't have a prefix?
Correct. Would be useful for row-wise appends into log files, etc.
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