Does it support defining default (optional) fields?

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#14 opened on Oct 19, 2020 0 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 30/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: backend

Research direction

Start by checking the current serializer behavior with the AVRO schema shown in the issue, including an omitted field and a null value. Done means determining whether optional fields with null defaults are supported and, if not, defining the required behavior before identifying the relevant implementation and tests.

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Description

Hi, I am trying to understand if the current version supports defining optional fields.

Like this

 {
    "name": "username",
    "type": [
      "null",
      "string"
    ],
    "default": null
  },

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