exceptionfactory commented on a change in pull request #5206:
URL: https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/5206#discussion_r674839421



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File path: 
nifi-commons/nifi-sensitive-property-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/properties/AbstractSensitivePropertyProvider.java
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@@ -47,4 +47,34 @@ public String getName() {
     public String getIdentifierKey() {
         return getProtectionScheme().getIdentifier();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String protect(final String unprotectedValue, final 
ProtectedPropertyContext context) throws SensitivePropertyProtectionException {
+        return protect(unprotectedValue);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String unprotect(final String protectedValue, final 
ProtectedPropertyContext context) throws SensitivePropertyProtectionException {
+        return unprotect(protectedValue);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Allows implementing classes to provide an implementation that does not 
require a context.
+     * @param unprotectedValue The unprotected value
+     * @return The protected value
+     * @throws SensitivePropertyProtectionException If there was a problem 
protecting the value
+     */
+    protected String protect(final String unprotectedValue) throws 
SensitivePropertyProtectionException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Allows implementing classes to provide an implementation that does not 
require a context.
+     * @param protectedValue The protected value
+     * @return The unprotected value
+     * @throws SensitivePropertyProtectionException If there was a problem 
unprotecting the value
+     */
+    protected String unprotect(final String protectedValue) throws 
SensitivePropertyProtectionException {
+        return null;
+    }

Review comment:
       Is there a reason for implementing these methods and returning `null` as 
opposed to marking them as `abstract`? It seems like having a default 
implementation that returns `null` could cause some confusion in other 
implementations.




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