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From: Markus Weimer <weimer@yahoo-inc.com>
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:06:45 -0700
Subject: Re: runtime error when casting Array<String> to String[]
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Hi,

> Do you guys have this problem when casting Array<String> to String[]?
> Am I missing something here :(

whenever you ask for an "array" in the schema, the avro specific compiler g=
ives you a java.util.List, which cannot be cast to a Java array. I'm person=
ally pretty interested in a way around this, as my data usually consists of=
 primitive type arrays, where the overhead for a Object Collection can be p=
rohibitive.

Take care,

Markus=