Download
Avro implementations for C, C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python, and Ruby can be downloaded from the Apache Avro™ Releases page. This guide uses Avro 1.7.7, the latest version at the time of writing. For the examples in this guide, download avro-1.7.7.jar and avro-tools-1.7.7.jar. The Avro Java implementation also depends on the Jackson JSON library. From the Jackson download page, download the core-asl and mapper-asl jars. Add avro-1.7.7.jar and the Jackson jars to your project’s classpath (avro-tools will be used for code generation).
Alternatively, if you are using Maven, add the following dependency to your POM:
org.apache.avrogroupId>
avroartifactId>
1.7.7version>
dependency>
As well as the Avro Maven plugin (for performing code generation):
org.apache.avrogroupId>
avro-maven-pluginartifactId>
1.7.7version>
generate-sourcesphase>
schemagoal>
goals>
${project.basedir}/src/main/avro/sourceDirectory>
${project.basedir}/src/main/java/outputDirectory>
configuration>
execution>
executions>
plugin>
org.apache.maven.pluginsgroupId>
maven-compiler-pluginartifactId>
1.6source>
1.6target>
configuration>
plugin>
You may also build the required Avro jars from source. Building Avro is beyond the scope of this guide; see the Build Documentation page in the wiki for more information.