Mark Payne created NIFI-8537:
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Summary: Components become invalid if referencing a disabled
controller service, even if referencing property is not in scope due to
dependencies
Key: NIFI-8537
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-8537
Project: Apache NiFi
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Core Framework
Reporter: Mark Payne
Assignee: Mark Payne
If a processor/controller service property (A) has a dependency on another
property (B), we do not perform validation of property A (i.e., the property
descriptor's validator is ignored). However, if Property A references a
Controller Service, and that Controller Service is either disabled or invalid,
we currently consider the referencing component invalid. This should not be the
case.
To replicate:
* Create an AvroSchemaRegistry Controller Service. Leave the Controller
Service disabled.
* Create a JsonTreeReader controller service.
* Configure the JsonTreeReader Controller Service.
* Set "Schema Access Strategy" to "Use 'Schema Name' Property"
* Set "Schema Registry" to the AvroSchemaRegistry created in the first step.
* Change "Schema Access Strategy" to "Infer Schema"
* Click Apply to apply the changes.
The JsonTreeReader service will be invalid due to the fact that
AvroSchemaRegistry is disabled. Not only should the Schema Registry property
not be considered in validation, it becomes very confusing now because the
validation error states: "'Schema Registry' validated against XYZ is invalid
because Controller Service with ID XYZ is invalid." But when configuring
JsonTreeReader, we don't even see the "Schema Registry" property.
The reference should not be validated unless its property's dependencies have
been satisfied.
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