Help understanding how to use Avro references with Jackdaw

[cjbarre]

Hello!

I have tried looking at all of the documentation available, but am still confused on this.

I have a command schema that uses an Avro reference in a Union to allow for a closed list of different commands to pass through this topic.

For example, the user.commands-value schema refers to the user.commands.register-user schema as an allowed value. Here's what the schema registry provides when I download the schema:

{
  "doc": "Schema for the user commands topic",
  "fields": [
    {
      "doc": "The particular command that has been sent.",
      "name": "command",
      "type": [
        "register_user"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "name": "value",
  "namespace": "user.commands",
  "type": "record"
}

With jackdaw I have no problem loading a schema that does not use a reference.

If I try to load this one that references another schema, then I get a parse error saying the name "register_user" is undefined.

I am trying to understand if jackdaw supports avro references, if so what do I need to do? If not, am I better off just using a union without references?

Thank you for working on jackdaw,

Cameron

[cjbarre]

@gphilipp can you point me in the right direction on this?