public void serializeGeneric() throws IOException {
// Create a datum to serialize.
Schema schema = new Schema.Parser().parse(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/MyPair.avsc"));
GenericRecord datum = new GenericData.Record(schema);
datum.put("left", new Utf8("dog"));
datum.put("right", new Utf8("cat"));
// Serialize it.
ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
DatumWriter<GenericRecord> writer = new GenericDatumWriter<GenericRecord>(schema);
Encoder encoder = EncoderFactory.get().binaryEncoder(out, null);
writer.write(datum, encoder);
encoder.flush();
out.close();
System.out.println("Serialization: " + out);
// Deserialize it.
DatumReader<GenericRecord> reader = new GenericDatumReader<GenericRecord>(schema);
BinaryDecoder decoder = DecoderFactory.get().binaryDecoder(out.toByteArray(), null);
GenericRecord result = reader.read(null, decoder);
System.out.printf("Left: %s, Right: %s\n", result.get("left"), result.get("right"));
}
