schema.avsc

{
    "namespace": "de.otto.dr.test",
    "type": "record",
    "name": "Person",
    "doc": "A person",
    "fields": [
        {
            "name": "name",
            "type": "string",
            "doc": "The name of the person"
        },
        {
            "name": "age",
            "type": "int",
            "doc": "The person's age in years"
        },
        {
            "name": "height",
            "type": "float",
            "doc": "The person's height in meters (attention it's a float)"
        },
        {
            "name": "accountBalance",
            "type": "long",
            "doc": "The person's account balance in cent (positive or negative)"
        },
        {
            "name": "isFemale",
            "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
            "name": "image",
            "type": [
                "null",
                "bytes"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "location",
            "type": {
                "type": "record",
                "name": "location",
                "fields": [
                    {
                        "name": "lat",
                        "type": "double",
                        "doc": "The latitude of the location"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "lon",
                        "type": "double",
                        "doc": "The longitude of the location"
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "hobbies",
            "type": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": "string"
            },
            "doc": "The person's hobbies"
        },
        {
            "name" : "favourites",
            "type" : {
                "type" : "map",
                "values" : "long"
            }
        }
    ]
}