Package org.apache.flink.formats.avro

Class AvroWriters

java.lang.Object

org.apache.flink.formats.avro.AvroWriters

public class AvroWriters
extends Object

Convenience builder to create AvroWriterFactory instances for the different Avro types.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static AvroWriterFactory<org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord>	forGenericRecord(org.apache.avro.Schema schema)	Creates an AvroWriterFactory that accepts and writes Avro generic types.
static <T> AvroWriterFactory<T>	forReflectRecord(Class<T> type)	Creates an AvroWriterFactory for the given type.
static <T extends org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecordBase> AvroWriterFactory<T>	forSpecificRecord(Class<T> type)	Creates an AvroWriterFactory for an Avro specific type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

forSpecificRecord

public static <T extends org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecordBase> AvroWriterFactory<T> forSpecificRecord(Class<T> type)

Creates an AvroWriterFactory for an Avro specific type. The Avro writers will use the schema of that specific type to build and write the records.

Parameters:

type - The class of the type to write.

forGenericRecord

public static AvroWriterFactory<org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord> forGenericRecord(org.apache.avro.Schema schema)

Creates an AvroWriterFactory that accepts and writes Avro generic types. The Avro writers will use the given schema to build and write the records.

Parameters:

schema - The schema of the generic type.

forReflectRecord

public static <T> AvroWriterFactory<T> forReflectRecord(Class<T> type)

Creates an AvroWriterFactory for the given type. The Avro writers will use reflection to create the schema for the type and use that schema to write the records.

Parameters:

type - The class of the type to write.