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Gwen Shapira commented on KAFKA-4917:
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I guess I could use HOIST transformation to create a struct :)
Maybe I'll just document this pattern and call it a day.
> Our built-in file connector can't work with our built-in SMT
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> Key: KAFKA-4917
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4917
> Project: Kafka
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: KafkaConnect
> Reporter: Gwen Shapira
> Labels: newbie
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> Our built-in file connector always returns STRING schema.
> All our transformations expect either STRUCT (if connectors return schema) or
> a MAP (schemaless).
> I understand why (how do you add a field to a STRING?), but it also means
> that you can't have an example for SMT that works with Apache Kafka out of
> the box. Which makes documentation kind of painful.
> Either we modify the file connector or we modify the SMTs to deal with STRING
> better, but something gotta change.
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