Protobuf Dependency Management

[bakjos]

I was trying to use a proto file with additional dependencies, the way this is being handled by the Confluent schema registry is to create a subject per external dependency and resolve it when it's being queried. If I try to do the same using the Apicurio schema registry, the write works well, but when I try to deserialize the data, it fails because it can not resolve one type. I couldn't find a way to do write the external dependencies to the schema registry and use them when reading. This was also working fine with the previous version (1.3.1.Final) using the PROTOBUF_FD

[EricWittmann]

Dependencies/references are not currently supported in Apicurio Registry. This is on our backlog but just not implemented yet.

[einarjohnson]

@EricWittmann , do you have a rough ETA on when this may be implemented? I am currently working on a large project where we use Protobuf to define events posted to our Kafka infrastructure. All the Protobuf schemas are using package and import for code re-usability and we have been looking into adopting the Apicurio Registry. This is a must-have feature for us to proceed.

[EricWittmann]

I'm sorry to say I don't have a timeframe for this - it's high on our backlog but not yet addressed. Other priorities are preventing this.

@carlesarnal this is a part of the ref work. :)

[einarjohnson]

ok, thanks for getting back to me @EricWittmann