Apache Avro Tools

Create schemas, validate, and encode/decode Avro data

Avro Schema Validator

Create and validate Apache Avro schemas

Schema Definition

Note: This is a simplified Avro implementation for demonstration. In production, Avro uses a compact binary format with schema resolution. For full Avro functionality, use the official Apache Avro libraries.

About Apache Avro

Apache Avro is a data serialization system that provides rich data structures, a compact binary format, and a container file for storing persistent data.

Key Features:

Schema Evolution: Supports adding, removing, and modifying fields
Dynamic Typing: No code generation required to read/write data files
Compact: Binary encoding is space-efficient
Fast: Simple binary format enables fast serialization

Common Data Types:

Primitive: null, boolean, int, long, float, double, bytes, string
Complex: record, enum, array, map, union, fixed

Use Cases:

Big data processing with Apache Hadoop
Stream processing with Apache Kafka
Data warehousing and analytics
Long-term data archival
RPC and messaging systems