String className = "java=org.apache.avro.ipc.HandshakeRequest";
        HandshakeRequest req = new HandshakeRequest();
        // set a few values to avoid NPEs
        req.clientHash = new MD5();
        req.clientProtocol = new Utf8("");
        req.serverHash = new MD5();
        AvroSpecificSerializer<HandshakeRequest> serializer = new AvroSpecificSerializer<HandshakeRequest>(className);
        byte[] bytes = serializer.toBytes(req);
        byte[] bytes2 = serializer.toBytes(req);