Fast-avro should support enum default value with avro-1.9+
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enhancement
fastavro
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
Right now, Fast-avro is not respecting the enum default value for all avro versions, which is not right.
This issue is used to track the enum default value support for avro-1.9+.
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in the Fast-avro implementation and trace how enum default values are handled across Avro versions. Reproduce the behavior with Avro 1.9 or newer, then verify that enum defaults are respected without breaking support for the other versions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- data-engineering
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100