Github user ottobackwards commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/884#discussion_r159921114
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metron-stellar/stellar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/metron/stellar/common/shell/StellarResult.java
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+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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+ *
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+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.metron.stellar.common.shell;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/**
+ * The result of executing a Stellar expression within a
StellarShellExecutor.
+ */
+public class StellarResult {
+
+ /**
+ * Indicates that a Stellar expression resulted in either
+ * success or an error.
+ */
+ enum Status {
+ SUCCESS,
+ ERROR,
+ TERMINATE
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Indicates either success or failure of executing the expression.
+ */
+ private Status status;
+
+ /**
+ * The result of executing the expression. Only valid when execution is
successful.
+ */
+ private Optional<Object> value;
+
+ /**
+ * The error that occurred when executing the expression. Only valid
when execution results in an error.
+ */
+ private Optional<Throwable> exception;
+
+ /**
+ * Indicates if the value is null;
+ *
+ * A null is a valid result, but cannot be unwrapped from an Optional.
Because of this
+ * a boolean is used to indicate if the result is a success and the
value is null.
+ */
+ private boolean isValueNull;
+
+ /**
+ * Private constructor to construct a result indicate success. Use the
static methods; success.
+ *
+ * @param status Indicates success or failure.
+ * @param value The value of executing the expression.
+ */
+ private StellarResult(Status status, Object value) {
+ this.status = status;
+ this.value = Optional.ofNullable(value);
+ this.exception = Optional.empty();
+ this.isValueNull = (value == null);
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&& status == Status.SUCESS ?
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