AvroParquetWriters (Flink : Formats : Parquet 1.20.2-cp1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.flink.formats.parquet.avro.AvroParquetWriters

```
@Experimental
public class AvroParquetWriters
extends Object
```
Convenience builder to create ParquetWriterFactory instances for the different Avro types.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static ParquetWriterFactory<org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord>`	`forGenericRecord(org.apache.avro.Schema schema)`	Creates a ParquetWriterFactory that accepts and writes Avro generic types.
`static <T> ParquetWriterFactory<T>`	`forReflectRecord(Class<T> type)`	Creates a ParquetWriterFactory for the given type.
`static <T extends org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecordBase> ParquetWriterFactory<T>`	`forSpecificRecord(Class<T> type)`	Creates a ParquetWriterFactory 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> ParquetWriterFactory<T> forSpecificRecord(Class<T> type)
```
    Creates a ParquetWriterFactory for an Avro specific type. The Parquet writers will use the schema of that specific type to build and write the columnar data.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - The class of the type to write.
  - forGenericRecord
```
public static ParquetWriterFactory<org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord> forGenericRecord(org.apache.avro.Schema schema)
```
    Creates a ParquetWriterFactory that accepts and writes Avro generic types. The Parquet writers will use the given schema to build and write the columnar data.
    
    Parameters:
    
    schema - The schema of the generic type.
  - forReflectRecord
```
public static <T> ParquetWriterFactory<T> forReflectRecord(Class<T> type)
```
    Creates a ParquetWriterFactory for the given type. The Parquet writers will use Avro to reflectively create a schema for the type and use that schema to write the columnar data.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - The class of the type to write.