fix: use avro fixed to represent decimal

fix apache#144

Signed-off-by: xxchan <xxchan22f@gmail.com>

crates/iceberg/src/avro/schema.rs

@@ -258,13 +258,43 @@ pub(crate) fn avro_fixed_schema(len: usize, logical_type: Option<&str>) -> Resul
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn avro_decimal_schema(precision: usize, scale: usize) -> Result<AvroSchema> {
+    // Avro decimal logical type annotates Avro bytes _or_ fixed types.
+    // https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.11.1/specification/_print/#decimal
+    // Iceberg spec: Stored as _fixed_ using the minimum number of bytes for the given precision.
+    // https://iceberg.apache.org/spec/#avro
     Ok(AvroSchema::Decimal(DecimalSchema {
         precision,
         scale,
-        inner: Box::new(AvroSchema::Bytes),
+        inner: Box::new(AvroSchema::Fixed(FixedSchema {
+            // Name is not restricted by the spec.
+            // Refer to iceberg-python https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/blob/d8bc1ca9af7957ce4d4db99a52c701ac75db7688/pyiceberg/utils/schema_conversion.py#L574-L582
+            name: Name::new(&format!("decimal_{precision}_{scale}")).unwrap(),
+            aliases: None,
+            doc: None,
+            size: decimal_required_bytes(precision)?,
+            attributes: Default::default(),
+        })),
     }))
 }
 
+/// `REQUIRED_LENGTH[precision]` represents the number of bytes required to store a decimal with the given precision.
+///
+/// See `calculate_decimal_required_bytes` for how it's calculated.
+const REQUIRED_LENGTH: [usize; 39] = [
+    0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 12,
+    13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17,
+];
+/// Compute the number of bytes required to store a precision.
+fn decimal_required_bytes(precision: usize) -> Result<usize> {
+    if precision == 0 || precision > 38 {
+        return Err(Error::new(
+            ErrorKind::DataInvalid,
+            format!("Unsupported precision, outside of (0, 38]: {precision:?}"),
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok(REQUIRED_LENGTH[precision])
+}
+
 fn avro_optional(avro_schema: AvroSchema) -> Result<AvroSchema> {
     Ok(AvroSchema::Union(UnionSchema::new(vec![
         AvroSchema::Null,
@@ -955,4 +985,24 @@ mod tests {
             converter.primitive(&AvroSchema::Date).unwrap().unwrap()
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn calculate_decimal_required_bytes() {
+        // max_precision[n] represents the max precision can be represented by n bytes.
+        // n bytes can represent int range [-2^(8n-1), 2^(8n-1)-1],
+        // so we need to ensure 10^(max_precision[n]) <= 2^(8n-1)-1
+        let max_precision = (0..24)
+            .map(|num_bytes| ((((8 * num_bytes) - 1) - 1) as f64).exp2().log10().floor() as usize)
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        let required_length = (0..=38)
+            .map(|precision| {
+                // find the first index in max_precision with value >= precision
+                (0..24)
+                    .find(|num_bytes| precision <= max_precision[*num_bytes])
+                    .unwrap()
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        itertools::assert_equal(REQUIRED_LENGTH, required_length);
+    }
 }