Package org.apache.flink.formats.parquet.avro

Class AvroParquetReaders

java.lang.Object

org.apache.flink.formats.parquet.avro.AvroParquetReaders

@Experimental
public class AvroParquetReaders
extends Object

A convenience builder to create AvroParquetRecordFormat instances for the different kinds of Avro record types.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static StreamFormat<org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord>	forGenericRecord(org.apache.avro.Schema schema)	Creates a new AvroParquetRecordFormat that reads the parquet file into Avro GenericRecords.
static <T> StreamFormat<T>	forReflectRecord(Class<T> typeClass)	Creates a new AvroParquetRecordFormat that reads the parquet file into Avro records via reflection.
static <T extends org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecordBase> StreamFormat<T>	forSpecificRecord(Class<T> typeClass)	Creates a new AvroParquetRecordFormat that reads the parquet file into Avro SpecificRecords.

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> StreamFormat<T> forSpecificRecord(Class<T> typeClass)

Creates a new AvroParquetRecordFormat that reads the parquet file into Avro SpecificRecords.

To read into Avro GenericRecords, use the forGenericRecord(Schema) method.

See Also:

forGenericRecord(Schema)

forReflectRecord

public static <T> StreamFormat<T> forReflectRecord(Class<T> typeClass)

Creates a new AvroParquetRecordFormat that reads the parquet file into Avro records via reflection.

To read into Avro GenericRecords, use the forGenericRecord(Schema) method.

To read into Avro SpecificRecords, use the forSpecificRecord(Class) method.

See Also:

forGenericRecord(Schema), forSpecificRecord(Class)

forGenericRecord

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

Creates a new AvroParquetRecordFormat that reads the parquet file into Avro GenericRecords.

To read into GenericRecords, this method needs an Avro Schema. That is because Flink needs to be able to serialize the results in its data flow, which is very inefficient without the schema. And while the Schema is stored in the Avro file header, Flink needs this schema during 'pre-flight' time when the data flow is set up and wired, which is before there is access to the files.