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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 15:10:59 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Douglas Creager (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] Created: (AVRO-778) C: avrocc schema-specific compiler
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C: avrocc schema-specific compiler
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                 Key: AVRO-778
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-778
             Project: Avro
          Issue Type: New Feature
            Reporter: Douglas Creager
            Assignee: Douglas Creager


I've started work on a pure-C compiler for generating C types that are specific to an Avro schema.  This resurrects the avro_schema_specific function that's been lying around in the header file for awhile.  I'm only focusing on the data serialization parts of the spec; at least for now, I'm not including any of the RPC stuff.

One of my main goals with this is for the compiler to be in pure C; I don't want to have to install the Java language bindings in order to run the schema compiler.  This means that I can't use the Velocity engine to produce the output .c and .h files.  Instead of trying to find a good C templating engine, I'm just using the trusty C preprocessor.  It's not the prettiest thing in the world, but it's perfectly capable.

This issue will track my progress on this; I'll upload patches here, as well as maintain a branch at [github|https://github.com/dcreager/avro/tree/specific].

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