lang/c++/api/CustomAttributes.hh

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#ifndef avro_CustomAttributes_hh__
#define avro_CustomAttributes_hh__

#include <boost/optional.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include "Config.hh"

namespace avro {

// CustomAttributes class stores avro custom attributes.
// Each attribute is represented by a unique name and value.
// User is supposed to create CustomAttributes object and then add it to Schema.
class AVRO_DECL CustomAttributes {
  public:
    // Retrieves the custom attribute json entity for that attributeName, returns an
    // null if the attribute doesn't exist.
    boost::optional<std::string> getAttribute(const std::string &name) const;

    // Adds a custom attribute. If the attribute already exists, throw an exception.
    void addAttribute(const std::string &name, const std::string &value);

    // Provides a way to iterate over the custom attributes or check attribute size.
    const std::map<std::string, std::string> &attributes() const {
        return attributes_;
    }

    // Prints the attribute value for the specific attribute.
    void printJson(std::ostream& os, const std::string &name) const;

  private:
    std::map<std::string, std::string> attributes_;
};

}  // namespace avro

#endif