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ASF GitHub Bot commented on NIFI-2078: -------------------------------------- Github user ijokarumawak commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/563#discussion_r72577777 --- Diff: nifi-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/components/state/ExternalStateManager.java --- @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with + * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. + * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 + * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with + * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * 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.nifi.components.state; + +import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.Stateful; + +import java.io.IOException; + +/** + * <p> + * The ExternalStateManager is responsible for providing NiFi a mechanism for retrieving + * and clearing state stored in an external system a NiFi component interact with. + * </p> + * + * <p> + * When calling methods in this class, the state is always retrieved/cleared from external system + * regardless NiFi instance is a part of a cluster or standalone. + * </p> + * + * <p> + * This mechanism is designed to allow developers to easily store and retrieve small amounts of state. + * Since implementation of this interface interacts with remote system, one should consider the cost of + * retrieving this data, and the amount of data should be kept to the minimum required. --- End diff -- Updated, please check the latest commit. > State management for processors whose states are managed externally > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: NIFI-2078 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-2078 > Project: Apache NiFi > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Core Framework > Reporter: Koji Kawamura > Assignee: Koji Kawamura > Fix For: 1.0.0 > > > Inherently by the nature of a given processor it may involve state managed by > itself (using nifi state management), or can be managed by some external > service it interacts with (kafka's offset), and theoretically some might have > both going on. With the new state management, we're giving users a way to > reset state managed by nifi for a given processor. But it doesnt apply to > those processors who have external state. > we should consider offering a way to reset state that allows a processor to > call out to whatever external store it impacts -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)