SpecificRecordBuilderBase.java

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package org.apache.avro.specific;

import org.apache.avro.Schema;
import org.apache.avro.data.RecordBuilderBase;

/**
 * Abstract base class for specific RecordBuilder implementations.
 * Not thread-safe.
 */
abstract public class SpecificRecordBuilderBase<T extends SpecificRecord>
  extends RecordBuilderBase<T> {

  /**
   * Creates a SpecificRecordBuilderBase for building records of the given type.
   * @param schema the schema associated with the record class.
   */
  protected SpecificRecordBuilderBase(Schema schema) {
    super(schema, SpecificData.get());
  }

  /**
   * SpecificRecordBuilderBase copy constructor.
   * @param other SpecificRecordBuilderBase instance to copy.
   */
  protected SpecificRecordBuilderBase(SpecificRecordBuilderBase<T> other) {
    super(other, SpecificData.get());
  }

  /**
   * Creates a SpecificRecordBuilderBase by copying an existing record instance.
   * @param other the record instance to copy.
   */
  protected SpecificRecordBuilderBase(T other) {
    super(other.getSchema(), SpecificData.get());
  }
}