Github user YolandaMDavis commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/501
Per my discussion with @markap14 having ControllerServiceLookup extend
VariableRegistry interface did not fit in with the overall purpose of the
ControllerServiceLookup interface. Also in some cases service lookups are not
required objects, so passing the variable registry directly is optimal.
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