public void ValidateExistingType( EventType existingType, AvroSchemaEventType proposedType) { if (!(existingType is AvroSchemaEventType)) { throw new EventAdapterException( "Type by name '" + proposedType.Name + "' is not a compatible type " + "(target type underlying is '" + existingType.UnderlyingType.Name + "', " + "source type underlying is '" + proposedType.UnderlyingType.Name + "')"); } var proposed = (Schema) proposedType.Schema; var existing = (Schema) ((AvroSchemaEventType) existingType).Schema; if (!proposed.Equals(existing)) { throw new EventAdapterException( "Event type named '" + existingType.Name + "' has already been declared with differing column name or type information\n" + "schemaExisting: " + AvroSchemaUtil.ToSchemaStringSafe(existing) + "\n" + "schemaProposed: " + AvroSchemaUtil.ToSchemaStringSafe(proposed)); } }