AvroReader

Description

Parses Avro data and returns each Avro record as an separate Record object. The Avro data may contain the schema itself, or the schema can be externalized and accessed by one of the methods offered by the 'Schema Access Strategy' property.

Tags

avro, comma, delimited, parse, reader, record, row, separated, values

Properties

In the list below required Properties are shown with an asterisk (*). Other properties are considered optional. The table also indicates any default values, and whether a property supports the NiFi Expression Language.

Display Name	API Name	Default Value	Allowable Values	Description
Schema Access Strategy *	schema-access-strategy	Use Embedded Avro Schema	Use 'Schema Name' Property Use 'Schema Text' Property Schema Reference Reader Use Embedded Avro Schema	Specifies how to obtain the schema that is to be used for interpreting the data.
Schema Registry	schema-registry		Controller Service: SchemaRegistry Implementations: AmazonGlueSchemaRegistry ApicurioSchemaRegistry AvroSchemaRegistry ConfluentSchemaRegistry	Specifies the Controller Service to use for the Schema Registry This property is only considered if: the property Schema Access Strategy has a value of schema-reference-reader or schema-name
Schema Name	schema-name	${schema.name}		Specifies the name of the schema to lookup in the Schema Registry property Supports Expression Language, using FlowFile attributes and Environment variables. This property is only considered if: the property Schema Access Strategy has a value of schema-name
Schema Version	schema-version			Specifies the version of the schema to lookup in the Schema Registry. If not specified then the latest version of the schema will be retrieved. Supports Expression Language, using FlowFile attributes and Environment variables. This property is only considered if: the property Schema Access Strategy has a value of schema-name
Schema Branch	schema-branch			Specifies the name of the branch to use when looking up the schema in the Schema Registry property. If the chosen Schema Registry does not support branching, this value will be ignored. Supports Expression Language, using FlowFile attributes and Environment variables. This property is only considered if: the property Schema Access Strategy has a value of schema-name
Schema Text	schema-text	${avro.schema}		The text of an Avro-formatted Schema Supports Expression Language, using FlowFile attributes and Environment variables. This property is only considered if: the property Schema Access Strategy has a value of schema-text-property
Schema Reference Reader *	schema-reference-reader		Controller Service: SchemaReferenceReader Implementations: ConfluentEncodedSchemaReferenceReader	Service implementation responsible for reading FlowFile attributes or content to determine the Schema Reference Identifier This property is only considered if: the property Schema Access Strategy has a value of schema-reference-reader
Cache Size *	cache-size	1000		Specifies how many Schemas should be cached

State Management

This component does not store state.

Restricted

This component is not restricted.

System Resource Considerations

This component does not specify system resource considerations.

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