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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.avro;

import org.apache.avro.Schema;

/**
 * Retrieves the avro schema from the given source. "Source" is a little loose term here in the
 * sense it can range from being an HDFS url location pointing to the schema or it can be even as
 * simple as a {@link Properties properties} file with a simple key-value mapping to the schema. For
 * cases where the {@link Schema schema} is a part of the serialized data itself, "Source" would
 * refer to the data bytes from which the {@link Schema schema} has to retrieved.
 *
 * */
public abstract class AvroSchemaRetriever {

  /**
   * Retrieve the writer avro schema from the given source
   *
   * @param source source from which the schema has to retrieved
   * @return the retrieved writer {@link Schema}
   * */
  public abstract Schema retrieveWriterSchema(Object source);

  /**
   * Retrieve the reader avro schema from the given source
   *
   * @param source source from which the schema has to retrieved
   * @return the retrieved reader {@link Schema}
   * */
  public Schema retrieveReaderSchema(Object source) {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Possible offset associated with schema. This is useful when the schema is stored inline along
   * with the data.
   *
   * 

* Defaulted to zero. Consumers can choose to override this value to provide a custom offset. *

* */ public int getOffset() { return 0; } }




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