Error Type

[maarek]

"error" is a valid type according to the Avro Schema document and IDL.

https://avro.apache.org/docs/current/spec.html#Protocol+Declaration https://avro.apache.org/docs/current/idl.html#format_records

{
    "type" : "error",
    "name" : "Exception",
    "namespace" : "com.example",
     "doc" : "Struct that contains error information",
     "fields" : [ ],
}

[karrick]

So it is. I do not think the error type is supported under the earlier release of the spec. We definitely need to add this to stay current with the continually evolving Avro specification.