Github user achristianson commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi-minifi-cpp/pull/231#discussion_r160422690
--- Diff: libminifi/include/core/yaml/YamlConfiguration.h ---
@@ -245,11 +245,11 @@ class YamlConfiguration : public FlowConfiguration {
*
* @param yamlNode a pointer to the YAML::Node that will be checked for
the
* presence of an idField
- * @param idField the string of the name of the idField to check for.
This
+ * @param field the string of the name of the idField to check for. This
* is optional and defaults to 'id'
* @return the parsed or generated UUID string
*/
- std::string getOrGenerateId(YAML::Node *yamlNode, const std::string
&idField = "id");
+ std::string getOrGenerateField(YAML::Node *yamlNode, const std::string
&field = "id");
--- End diff --
End goal is outlined in
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MINIFICPP-359. getOrGenerateField is used
in this PR for name now, not just id: `std::string name =
getOrGenerateField(&connectionNode, "name");`
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