You've probably already stumbled upon this but, just for the record, this
S.O. answer <http://stackoverflow.com/a/21035683/1287376> describes how to
configure avro-maven-plugin for templates customization.
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Rushi <hrishi.engin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, I am not familiar with the Velocity templates and how they are
> used, but it sounds like they may be of help. I will take a look.
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Matheus Santana <
> edmatheus.sant...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey, Rushi.
>>
>> AFAIK, there is no support for generating generic types or inheritance
>> relationship between types through Avro compiler.
>>
>> One thing that you can try is customize generated code by replacing
>> Velocity templates with your own (record.vm, for instance) and then achieve
>> the desired result (the generic type parameterization, in your case). Would
>> this fit your needs?
>>
>>
>> I am fairly certain that this is not possible currently, but thought I
>>> should ask anyway.
>>>
>>> In Avro, is there a way to create generic types using schema files? As
>>> an example, this is what I am looking to create:
>>>
>>> /**
>>> * Autogenerated by Avro
>>> *
>>> * DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY
>>> */public class MyAvroType<T> {
>>> private Object value; // value will be of type T.}
>>>
>>> Here, this parameterized java class would be generated by the
>>> avro-maven-plugin or any other available plugin using the avsc files.
>>>
>>> What I am trying to solve is, to know the type of the value that will
>>> get stored in the avro object so that I can find out any class
>>> compatibility issues at compile time rather than at runtime.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>
>
