make_avro_schema

lsst.ts.salkafka.make_avro_schema(topic)

Make an Avro schema for a given topic.

Parameters:
topic : lsst.ts.salobj.topics.BaseTopic

Topic for which to get the schema.
Returns:
schema : dict

Avro schema.

Notes

Scalar type names supported by Avro:

  • null A type having no value.
  • boolean
  • int 32-bit signed integer.
  • long 64-bit signed integer.
  • float Single precision (32-bit) IEEE 754 floating-point number.
  • double Double precision (64-bit) IEEE 754 floating-point number.
  • bytes Sequence of 8-bit unsigned bytes.
  • string Sequence of unicode characters.

Initially this function only supports long, double, string. When this function is modified to parse the IDL file then it will support all types except null.