Can I split an Apache Avro schema across multiple files?

Question

I can do,

{
    \"type\": \"record\",
    \"name\": \"Foo\",
    \"fields\": [
        {\"name\": \"bar\", \"type\": {
            \"type\": \"record\",
             


        

Answer 1

You can also define multiple schemas inside of one file:

schemas.avsc:

[
{
    "type": "record",
    "name": "Bar",
    "fields": [ ]
},
{
    "type": "record",
    "name": "Foo",
    "fields": [
        {"name": "bar", "type": "Bar"}
    ]
}
]

If you want to reuse the schemas in multiple places this is not super nice but it improves readability and maintainability a lot in my opinion.