Avro Java API Timestamp Logical Type?

Question

With the Avro Java API, I can make a simple record schema like:

    Schema schemaWithTimestamp = SchemaBuilder
            .record("MyRecord").namespace("org.demo")
            .fields()
            .name("timestamp").type().longType().noDefault()
            .endRecord();

How do I tag a schema field with a logical type, specifically: https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.8.1/api/java/org/apache/avro/LogicalTypes.TimestampMillis.html

Answer 1

Thanks to DontPanic:

    Schema timestampMilliType = LogicalTypes.timestampMillis().addToSchema(Schema.create(Schema.Type.LONG));

    Schema schemaWithTimestamp = SchemaBuilder
            .record("MyRecord").namespace("org.demo")
            .fields()
            .name("timestamp_with_logical_type").type(timestampMilliType).noDefault()
            .name("timestamp_no_logical_type").type().longType().noDefault()
            .endRecord();

    System.out.println(schemaWithTimestamp.toString(true));

This results in:

{
  "type" : "record",
  "name" : "MyRecord",
  "namespace" : "org.demo",
  "fields" : [ {
    "name" : "timestamp_with_logical_type",
    "type" : {
      "type" : "long",
      "logicalType" : "timestamp-millis"
    }
  }, {
    "name" : "timestamp_no_logical_type",
    "type" : "long"
  } ]
}