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
Cache Size *	cache-size	1000		Specifies how many Schemas should be cached
Schema Access Strategy *	schema-access-strategy	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 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.
Schema Name	schema-name	${schema.name}		Specifies the name of the schema to lookup in the Schema Registry property
Schema Reference Reader *	schema-reference-reader			Service implementation responsible for reading FlowFile attributes or content to determine the Schema Reference Identifier
Schema Registry	schema-registry			Specifies the Controller Service to use for the Schema Registry
Schema Text	schema-text	${avro.schema}		The text of an Avro-formatted Schema
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.

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.