Github user mattyb149 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2307#discussion_r154498431
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nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/FlattenJson.java
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+package org.apache.nifi.processors.standard;
+
+import com.github.wnameless.json.flattener.FlattenMode;
+import com.github.wnameless.json.flattener.JsonFlattener;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.CapabilityDescription;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.Tags;
+import org.apache.nifi.components.PropertyDescriptor;
+import org.apache.nifi.components.ValidationResult;
+import org.apache.nifi.flowfile.FlowFile;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.AbstractProcessor;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessSession;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessorInitializationContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.Relationship;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+@Tags({ "json", "flatten" })
+@CapabilityDescription(
+ "Provides the user with the ability to take a nested JSON document
and flatten it into a simple key/value pair " +
+ "document. The keys are combined at each level with a user-defined
separator that defaults to '.'"
+)
+public class FlattenJson extends AbstractProcessor {
+ static final Relationship REL_SUCCESS = new Relationship.Builder()
+ .description("Successfully flattened files go to this
relationship.")
+ .name("success")
+ .build();
+ static final Relationship REL_FAILURE = new Relationship.Builder()
+ .description("Files that cannot be flattened go to this
relationship.")
+ .name("failure")
+ .build();
+ static final Relationship REL_ORIGINAL = new Relationship.Builder()
+ .description("The original files are copied to this
relationship; autoterminated by default.")
+ .autoTerminateDefault(true)
+ .name("original")
+ .build();
+
+ static final PropertyDescriptor SEPARATOR = new
PropertyDescriptor.Builder()
+ .name("flatten-json-separator")
+ .displayName("Separator")
+ .defaultValue(".")
+ .description("The separator character used for joining keys.
Must be a JSON-legal character.")
+ .addValidator((subject, input, context) -> {
+ boolean valid = input != null && input.length() == 1;
+ String message = !valid ? "The separator must be a single
character in length." : "";
+
+ return new
ValidationResult.Builder().subject(subject).input(input).valid(valid).explanation(message).build();
+ })
+ .expressionLanguageSupported(true)
+ .build();
+
+ private List<PropertyDescriptor> properties;
+ private Set<Relationship> relationships;
+
+ @Override
+ protected void init(final ProcessorInitializationContext context) {
+ List<PropertyDescriptor> props = new ArrayList<>();
+ props.add(SEPARATOR);
+ properties = Collections.unmodifiableList(props);
+
+ Set<Relationship> rels = new HashSet<>();
+ rels.add(REL_SUCCESS);
+ rels.add(REL_FAILURE);
+ rels.add(REL_ORIGINAL);
+
+ relationships = Collections.unmodifiableSet(rels);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected List<PropertyDescriptor> getSupportedPropertyDescriptors() {
+ return properties;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public Set<Relationship> getRelationships() {
+ return relationships;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void onTrigger(final ProcessContext context, final
ProcessSession session) throws ProcessException {
+ FlowFile flowFile = session.get();
+ if (flowFile == null) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ FlowFile cloned = session.clone(flowFile);
+ String separator =
context.getProperty(SEPARATOR).evaluateAttributeExpressions(flowFile).getValue();
+
+ try {
+ ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+ session.exportTo(flowFile, bos);
+ bos.close();
+
+ String raw = new String(bos.toByteArray());
+ final String flattened = new JsonFlattener(raw)
+ .withFlattenMode(FlattenMode.KEEP_ARRAYS)
+ .withSeparator(separator.charAt(0))
+ .flatten();
+
+ flowFile = session.write(flowFile, os ->
os.write(flattened.getBytes()));
+
+ session.transfer(flowFile, REL_SUCCESS);
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IMO you should use the cloned flow file to update the contents, not the
original. Since you will be sending the original to the "original"
relationship, it should keep its provenance chain untouched here (since the
incoming flow file us "untouched").
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