Employee.avsc

{
  "doc": "This is an example of composite Avro value prepared for Kafka topic value with subtype, reusing common subtypes, like Location and PersonalInformation",
  "type": "record",
  "name": "com.michalklempa.avro.schemas.employee.EmployeeValue",
  "outputFileSuffix": "-value",
  "fields": [
    {
      "doc": "Lets repeat the key of this record, even if the record is outside Kafka topic, to retain the key of Employee",
      "name": "key",
      "type": {
        "doc": "This is an example of composite Avro key prepared for Kafka",
        "type": "record",
        "name": "com.michalklempa.avro.schemas.employee.EmployeeKey",
        "outputFileSuffix": "-key",
        "fields": [
          {
            "doc": "Employee id with regard to the company",
            "name": "id",
            "type": "long"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "doc": "Employee Personal Information (which includes Location as a subtype)",
      "name": "personalInformation",
      "type": "com.michalklempa.avro.schemas.simple.PersonalInformation"
    }
  ]
}