feat: add comprehensive tests and benchmark for Avro direct decoder

Add extensive test coverage to validate the direct decoder implementation:
- All primitive types (boolean, int, long, float, double, string, binary)
- Temporal types (date, time, timestamp)
- Complex nested structures (nested structs, lists, maps)
- Null handling and optional fields
- Large datasets (1000+ rows)
- Direct decoder vs GenericDatum comparison tests

Add benchmark tool to measure performance improvements:
- Benchmarks with various data patterns (primitives, nested, lists, nulls)
- Compares direct decoder vs GenericDatum performance
- Expected speedup: 1.5x - 2.5x due to eliminated intermediate copies

Test results:
- 16 comprehensive Avro reader tests (vs 5 before)
- 181 total tests in avro_test suite
- 100% passing rate

This addresses review feedback from wgtmac to provide better test coverage
and prove performance improvements of the direct decoder implementation.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: shangxinli

src/iceberg/test/avro_reader_benchmark.cc

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+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+
+#include <arrow/array/array_base.h>
+#include <arrow/c/bridge.h>
+#include <arrow/json/from_string.h>
+
+#include "iceberg/arrow/arrow_fs_file_io_internal.h"
+#include "iceberg/avro/avro_register.h"
+#include "iceberg/file_reader.h"
+#include "iceberg/file_writer.h"
+#include "iceberg/schema.h"
+#include "iceberg/schema_internal.h"
+#include "iceberg/type.h"
+
+namespace iceberg::avro {
+
+class AvroReaderBenchmark {
+ public:
+  AvroReaderBenchmark() { RegisterAll(); }
+
+  void CreateTestFile(std::shared_ptr<Schema> schema, const std::string& json_data,
+                      const std::string& path) {
+    ArrowSchema arrow_c_schema;
+    auto status = ToArrowSchema(*schema, &arrow_c_schema);
+    if (!status.ok()) {
+      std::cerr << "Failed to convert schema: " << status.message << std::endl;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    auto arrow_schema_result = ::arrow::ImportType(&arrow_c_schema);
+    if (!arrow_schema_result.ok()) {
+      std::cerr << "Failed to import schema: " << arrow_schema_result.status().message()
+                << std::endl;
+      return;
+    }
+    auto arrow_schema = arrow_schema_result.ValueOrDie();
+
+    auto array_result = ::arrow::json::ArrayFromJSONString(arrow_schema, json_data);
+    if (!array_result.ok()) {
+      std::cerr << "Failed to parse JSON: " << array_result.status().message() << std::endl;
+      return;
+    }
+    auto array = array_result.ValueOrDie();
+
+    struct ArrowArray arrow_array;
+    auto export_result = ::arrow::ExportArray(*array, &arrow_array);
+    if (!export_result.ok()) {
+      std::cerr << "Failed to export array: " << export_result.message() << std::endl;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    auto writer_result = WriterFactoryRegistry::Open(
+        FileFormatType::kAvro, {.path = path, .schema = schema, .io = file_io_});
+    if (!writer_result.has_value()) {
+      std::cerr << "Failed to create writer: " << writer_result.error().message << std::endl;
+      return;
+    }
+    auto writer = std::move(writer_result.value());
+
+    status = writer->Write(&arrow_array);
+    if (!status.ok()) {
+      std::cerr << "Failed to write: " << status.message << std::endl;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    status = writer->Close();
+    if (!status.ok()) {
+      std::cerr << "Failed to close: " << status.message << std::endl;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    file_length_ = writer->length().value();
+  }
+
+  double BenchmarkRead(const std::string& path, std::shared_ptr<Schema> schema,
+                       bool use_direct_decoder, int iterations = 10) {
+    auto reader_properties = ReaderProperties::default_properties();
+    reader_properties->Set(ReaderProperties::kAvroUseDirectDecoder, use_direct_decoder);
+
+    double total_time_ms = 0.0;
+    int64_t total_rows = 0;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < iterations; ++i) {
+      auto reader_result = ReaderFactoryRegistry::Open(
+          FileFormatType::kAvro, {.path = path,
+                                  .length = file_length_,
+                                  .io = file_io_,
+                                  .projection = schema,
+                                  .properties = reader_properties});
+      if (!reader_result.has_value()) {
+        std::cerr << "Failed to open reader: " << reader_result.error().message << std::endl;
+        return -1;
+      }
+      auto reader = std::move(reader_result.value());
+
+      auto start = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+
+      int64_t batch_rows = 0;
+      while (true) {
+        auto result = reader->Next();
+        if (!result.has_value()) {
+          std::cerr << "Failed to read: " << result.error().message << std::endl;
+          return -1;
+        }
+        if (!result.value().has_value()) {
+          break;
+        }
+
+        auto arrow_c_array = result.value().value();
+        batch_rows += arrow_c_array.length;
+        arrow_c_array.release(&arrow_c_array);
+      }
+
+      auto end = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+      auto duration = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(end - start);
+      total_time_ms += duration.count() / 1000.0;
+      total_rows = batch_rows;
+
+      auto close_status = reader->Close();
+      if (!close_status.ok()) {
+        std::cerr << "Failed to close reader: " << close_status.message << std::endl;
+        return -1;
+      }
+    }
+
+    std::cout << (use_direct_decoder ? "DirectDecoder" : "GenericDatum") << ": " << total_rows
+              << " rows\n";
+    return total_time_ms / iterations;
+  }
+
+  void RunBenchmark(const std::string& name, std::shared_ptr<Schema> schema,
+                    const std::string& json_data) {
+    std::cout << "\n=== Benchmark: " << name << " ===\n";
+
+    std::string path = "benchmark_" + name + ".avro";
+    CreateTestFile(schema, json_data, path);
+
+    double direct_time = BenchmarkRead(path, schema, true);
+    double generic_time = BenchmarkRead(path, schema, false);
+
+    if (direct_time > 0 && generic_time > 0) {
+      double speedup = generic_time / direct_time;
+      std::cout << "DirectDecoder: " << direct_time << " ms (avg)\n";
+      std::cout << "GenericDatum:  " << generic_time << " ms (avg)\n";
+      std::cout << "Speedup:       " << speedup << "x\n";
+    }
+  }
+
+ private:
+  std::shared_ptr<FileIO> file_io_ = arrow::ArrowFileSystemFileIO::MakeMockFileIO();
+  size_t file_length_ = 0;
+};
+
+}  // namespace iceberg::avro
+
+int main() {
+  using namespace iceberg;
+  using namespace iceberg::avro;
+
+  AvroReaderBenchmark benchmark;
+
+  // Benchmark 1: Simple primitive types
+  {
+    auto schema = std::make_shared<Schema>(std::vector<SchemaField>{
+        SchemaField::MakeRequired(1, "id", std::make_shared<IntType>()),
+        SchemaField::MakeRequired(2, "value", std::make_shared<DoubleType>()),
+        SchemaField::MakeRequired(3, "name", std::make_shared<StringType>())});
+
+    std::ostringstream json;
+    json << "[";
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10000; ++i) {
+      if (i > 0) json << ", ";
+      json << "[" << i << ", " << (i * 1.5) << ", \"name_" << i << "\"]";
+    }
+    json << "]";
+
+    benchmark.RunBenchmark("primitives_10k", schema, json.str());
+  }
+
+  // Benchmark 2: Nested structs
+  {
+    auto schema = std::make_shared<Schema>(std::vector<SchemaField>{
+        SchemaField::MakeRequired(1, "id", std::make_shared<IntType>()),
+        SchemaField::MakeRequired(
+            2, "data",
+            std::make_shared<StructType>(std::vector<SchemaField>{
+                SchemaField::MakeRequired(3, "x", std::make_shared<DoubleType>()),
+                SchemaField::MakeRequired(4, "y", std::make_shared<DoubleType>()),
+                SchemaField::MakeRequired(5, "label", std::make_shared<StringType>())}))});
+
+    std::ostringstream json;
+    json << "[";
+    for (int i = 0; i < 5000; ++i) {
+      if (i > 0) json << ", ";
+      json << "[" << i << ", [" << (i * 0.1) << ", " << (i * 0.2) << ", \"label_" << i
+           << "\"]]";
+    }
+    json << "]";
+
+    benchmark.RunBenchmark("nested_structs_5k", schema, json.str());
+  }
+
+  // Benchmark 3: Lists
+  {
+    auto schema = std::make_shared<Schema>(std::vector<SchemaField>{
+        SchemaField::MakeRequired(1, "id", std::make_shared<IntType>()),
+        SchemaField::MakeRequired(
+            2, "values",
+            std::make_shared<ListType>(
+                SchemaField::MakeRequired(3, "element", std::make_shared<IntType>())))});
+
+    std::ostringstream json;
+    json << "[";
+    for (int i = 0; i < 2000; ++i) {
+      if (i > 0) json << ", ";
+      json << "[" << i << ", [";
+      for (int j = 0; j < 5; ++j) {
+        if (j > 0) json << ", ";
+        json << (i * 10 + j);
+      }
+      json << "]]";
+    }
+    json << "]";
+
+    benchmark.RunBenchmark("lists_2k", schema, json.str());
+  }
+
+  // Benchmark 4: Optional fields with nulls
+  {
+    auto schema = std::make_shared<Schema>(std::vector<SchemaField>{
+        SchemaField::MakeRequired(1, "id", std::make_shared<IntType>()),
+        SchemaField::MakeOptional(2, "opt_int", std::make_shared<IntType>()),
+        SchemaField::MakeOptional(3, "opt_string", std::make_shared<StringType>())});
+
+    std::ostringstream json;
+    json << "[";
+    for (int i = 0; i < 8000; ++i) {
+      if (i > 0) json << ", ";
+      json << "[" << i << ", ";
+      if (i % 3 == 0) {
+        json << "null";
+      } else {
+        json << (i * 100);
+      }
+      json << ", ";
+      if (i % 2 == 0) {
+        json << "null";
+      } else {
+        json << "\"str_" << i << "\"";
+      }
+      json << "]";
+    }
+    json << "]";
+
+    benchmark.RunBenchmark("nulls_8k", schema, json.str());
+  }
+
+  std::cout << "\n=== Benchmark Complete ===\n";
+  return 0;
+}