org.apache.avro.hadoop.io
Class AvroDatumConverter<INPUT,OUTPUT>

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.avro.hadoop.io.AvroDatumConverter<INPUT,OUTPUT>

Type Parameters:

INPUT - The type of the input Java object to convert.

OUTPUT - The type of the Avro datum to convert to.

Direct Known Subclasses:

AvroDatumConverterFactory.AvroWrapperConverter, AvroDatumConverterFactory.BooleanWritableConverter, AvroDatumConverterFactory.BytesWritableConverter, AvroDatumConverterFactory.ByteWritableConverter, AvroDatumConverterFactory.DoubleWritableConverter, AvroDatumConverterFactory.FloatWritableConverter, AvroDatumConverterFactory.IntWritableConverter, AvroDatumConverterFactory.LongWritableConverter, AvroDatumConverterFactory.NullWritableConverter, AvroDatumConverterFactory.TextConverter

public abstract class AvroDatumConverter<INPUT,OUTPUT>
extends Object

Converts a Java object into an Avro datum.

Constructor Summary

AvroDatumConverter()

Method Summary

abstract OUTPUT	convert(INPUT input)
abstract org.apache.avro.Schema	getWriterSchema() Gets the writer schema that should be used to serialize the output Avro datum.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AvroDatumConverter

public AvroDatumConverter()

Method Detail

convert

public abstract OUTPUT convert(INPUT input)

getWriterSchema

public abstract org.apache.avro.Schema getWriterSchema()

Gets the writer schema that should be used to serialize the output Avro datum.

Returns:

The writer schema for the output Avro datum.