Avro Schema format Exception - “SecurityClassification” is not a defined name - json

Question

I'm trying to use this avro schema
{
"type": "record",
"name": "ComplianceEntity",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.events.metadata",
"fields": [
{
"name": "fieldPath",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "complianceDataType",
"type": {
"type": "enum",
"name": "ComplianceDataType",
"symbols": [
"NONE",
"MEMBER_ID"
],
"symbolDocs": {
"NONE": "None of the following types apply",
"MEMBER_ID": "ID for LinkedIn members"
}
}
},
{
"name": "complianceDataTypeUrn",
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"default": null
},
{
"name": "fieldFormat",
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "enum",
"name": "FieldFormat",
"symbols": [
"NUMERIC"
],
"symbolDocs": {
"NUMERIC": "Numerical format, 12345"
},
"doc": "The field format"
}
]
},
{
"name": "securityClassification",
"type": "SecurityClassification"
},
{
"name": "valuePattern",
"default": null,
"type": [
"null",
"string"
]
}
]
}
To generate and avro file using the avro-tools:
java -jar ./avro-tools-1.8.2.jar compile schema ComplianceEntity.avsc .
But I am getting the following error message:
Exception in thread "main" org.apache.avro.SchemaParseException: "SecurityClassification" is not a defined name. The type of the "securityClassification" field must be a defined name or a {"type": ...} expression.
Could anyone tell, why SecurityClassification is not identified as a defined name?

Answer 1

You are using it as type of your field, however you are not defining it properly like for complianceDataType, that's the reason why you are getting the avro exception
{
"name": "securityClassification",
"type": "SecurityClassification"
}
Make sure that if you have more than 1 Schema, you pass all of them, especially dependency schemas. It is supported from AVRO 1.5.3 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-877.
java -jar ./avro-tools-1.8.2.jar compile schema SecurityClassification.avsc ComplianceEntity.avsc .