create

Create an Avro schema for a .NET type.

Examples

Create a schema for a built-in type

dotnet avro create --type System.DateTime

"string"

Create a schema for a type in a compiled assembly

dotnet avro create --assembly ./out/Example.Models.dll --type Example.Models.ExampleModel

{"name":"Example.Models.ExampleModel",type":"record",fields:[{"name":"Text","type":"string"}]}

Options

-a, --assembly

The name of or path to an assembly to load (multiple space-separated values accepted).

-t, --type

The type to build a schema for.

--enum-behavior

The type of schema that enum types should be represented by. Options are symbolic (generate an "enum" schema; the default behavior), integral (generate an "int" or "long" schema based on the underlying type; the behavior for all flag enums), and nominal (generate a "string" schema).

--nullable-references

Whether reference types selected for nullable record fields should be annotated as nullable.

--temporal-behavior

Whether timestamps should be represented with "string" schemas (ISO 8601) or "long" schemas (timestamp logical types). Options are iso8601, epochmilliseconds, epochmicroseconds, and epochnanoseconds.