Github user dmkoster commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2335#discussion_r157031810
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nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-atlas-bundle/nifi-atlas-reporting-task/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/atlas/AtlasUtils.java
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+package org.apache.nifi.atlas;
+
+import org.apache.atlas.model.instance.AtlasObjectId;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+import static org.apache.nifi.atlas.NiFiTypes.ATTR_QUALIFIED_NAME;
+
+public class AtlasUtils {
+
+ public static String toStr(Object obj) {
+ return obj != null ? obj.toString() : null;
+ }
+
+
+ public static boolean isGuidAssigned(String guid) {
+ return guid != null && !guid.startsWith("-");
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The guid starting with a dash is an internal detail of the AtlasEntity
class and might change. Checking for null should be sufficient
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