Recursive Thrift Data Structure

Thrift recently introduced recursive nested data structures. As I want to store them in parquet, I get an exception: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35702623/parquet-recursive-thrift-data-structure

Is it possible to store recursive data structures in parquet?

Thanks,
Seb

**Reporter**: [Sebastian Alfers](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=sebalf)

_{**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [PARQUET-554](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-554). Please see the [migration documentation](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-2502) for further details.*}

Start by reproducing the exception described in the linked Stack Overflow question and inspect the existing Parquet handling for recursive Thrift structures. Done means establishing whether recursive data can be stored and, if not, defining the required support or documenting the limitation.

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