org.apache.avro.SchemaParseException: "com.ovoenergy.global.SourceMetadata" is not a defined name

[nicolaemarasoiu]

Hi,
We have an avsc file that defines com.ovoenergy.global.SourceMetadata and indeed after sbt compile i can notice the generated Scala case class com.ovoenergy.global.SourceMetadata.
Is there a way to import an avsc into an avsc or somehow inform the dependency?
Thank you
org.apache.avro.SchemaParseException: "com.ovoenergy.global.SourceMetadata" is not a defined name. The type of the "sourceMetadata" field must be a defined name or a {"type": ...} expression.
at org.apache.avro.Schema.parse(Schema.java:1637)
at org.apache.avro.Schema$Parser.parse(Schema.java:1396)
at org.apache.avro.Schema$Parser.parse(Schema.java:1367)

[nicolaemarasoiu]

the apache avro is 1.9.1
i use this in avsc, tried it in few places:
"imports": ["commonSourceMetadata3.avsc"],

[nicolaemarasoiu]

ok, the imports statement is only supported in Avro IDL.
However, the Maven Avro plugin does offer support for declaring a set of avsc files available to other ones that just need to reference the imported/common definitions by name.
Also I know AvroHugger has a method to sort files by dependencies, is it possible to have a feature, to which i can contribute if possible, that just calls that method in a lifecycle point?