Investigate using apache.avro.fastread experimental feature which can improve reading performance

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Problem description
Investigate using apache.avro.fastread feature added in 1.9.2 version, which can improve Java reading performance, it is disabled by default, but can be enabled by a system property.

When apache.avro.fastread set to true, records will be deserialized using a different technique that builds an efficient deserialization strategy once from the expected schema.

See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2247 "Improve Java reading performance with a new reader"
and related PR apache/avro#391

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Suggestions for an improvement
From https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AVRO/Experimental+features+in+Avro

These experiments have passed unit tests and code review, but are a significant change that haven't appeared in a major release. 
Since they provide significant performance improvements, we encourage you to give them a try and report on any regressions you may find.