Github user pvillard31 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2147#discussion_r138817250
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nifi-commons/nifi-record-path/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/record/path/paths/WildcardDescendantPath.java
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+
+package org.apache.nifi.record.path.paths;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import org.apache.nifi.record.path.FieldValue;
+import org.apache.nifi.record.path.RecordPathEvaluationContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.record.path.StandardFieldValue;
+import org.apache.nifi.record.path.util.Filters;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.Record;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.RecordField;
+
+public class WildcardDescendantPath extends RecordPathSegment {
+
+ WildcardDescendantPath(final RecordPathSegment parent, final boolean
absolute) {
+ super("/*", parent, absolute);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public Stream<FieldValue> evaluate(final RecordPathEvaluationContext
context) {
+ final Stream<FieldValue> parentResult =
getParentPath().evaluate(context);
+
+ return parentResult
+ .flatMap(recordFieldVal ->
findDescendants(recordFieldVal).stream());
+ }
+
+ private List<FieldValue> findDescendants(final FieldValue fieldValue) {
+ if (fieldValue == null || fieldValue.getValue() == null) {
+ return Collections.emptyList();
+ }
+ if (!Filters.isRecord(fieldValue)) {
+ return Collections.emptyList();
+ }
+
+ final Record record = (Record) fieldValue.getValue();
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Right!
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