Ryan, The down side to that approach is that you're tying up that thread from the thread pool when you call sleep.
Typically, in a situation like this, where you want to 'pause' processing for a bit, you would call ProcessContext.yield() and then return. This causes the framework not to trigger that processor for some period of time (configurable in the Settings tab, default is 1 sec). Does this work for you? Thanks -Mark ---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:19:36 -0400 > Subject: Threading in a NiFi Processor > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I have always stayed away from doing any threading inside a NiFi processor. > > However, I recently came across a use-case where I'm calling a web service > from within a custom Nifi Processor and I don't want to overwhelm the web > service. > > I'd like to instrument a sleep in the onTrigger() or process() method of > about 1 second, or a configurable amount. > > Is there a pattern established for Nifi Processors to accomplish this > nicely? > > Thanks, > Ryan
