This closes Update ConvertAvroToOrc documentation to note that processor does not support unions of nested data
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
@CapabilityDescription("Converts an Avro record into ORC file format. This processor provides a direct mapping of an Avro record to an ORC record, such "
+ "that the resulting ORC file will have the same hierarchical structure as the Avro document. If an incoming FlowFile contains a stream of "
+ "multiple Avro records, the resultant FlowFile will contain a ORC file containing all of the Avro records. If an incoming FlowFile does "
- + "not contain any records, an empty ORC file is the output.")
+ + "not contain any records, an empty ORC file is the output. NOTE: Many Avro datatypes (collections, primitives, and unions of primitives, e.g.) can "
+ + "be converted to ORC, but unions of collections and other complex datatypes may not be able to be converted to ORC.")
@WritesAttributes({
@WritesAttribute(attribute = "mime.type", description = "Sets the mime type to application/octet-stream"),
@WritesAttribute(attribute = "filename", description = "Sets the filename to the existing filename with the extension replaced by / added to by .orc"),
