Github user ottobackwards commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/1213#discussion_r224746795
--- Diff:
metron-platform/metron-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/metron/parsers/ParserRunnerImpl.java
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@@ -137,11 +208,29 @@ private void
initializeParsers(Supplier<ParserConfigurations> parserConfigSuppli
}
}
+ /**
+ * Post-processes parsed messages by:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>Applying field transformations defined in the sensor parser
config</li>
+ * <li>Filtering messages using the configured MessageFilter class</li>
+ * <li>Validating messages using the MessageParser validate method</li>
+ * </ul>
+ * If a message is successfully processed a message is returned in a
ProcessResult. If a message fails
+ * validation, a MetronError object is created and returned in a
ProcessResult. If a message is
+ * filtered out an empty Optional is returned.
+ *
+ * @param sensorType Sensor type of the message
+ * @param message Message parsed by the MessageParser
+ * @param rawMessage Raw message including metadata
+ * @param parser MessageParser for the sensor type
+ * @param parserConfigurations Parser configurations
+ */
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
- protected Optional<ParserResult> processMessage(String sensorType,
JSONObject message, RawMessage rawMessage,
+ protected Optional<ProcessResult> processMessage(String sensorType,
JSONObject message, RawMessage rawMessage,
MessageParser<JSONObject> parser,
--- End diff --
Is parser used?
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