Github user MikeThomsen commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/1997#discussion_r165029951
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nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-simulator-bundle/nifi-simulator-processors/src/main/java/com/apache/nifi/processors/simulator/GenerateTimeSeriesFlowFile.java
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+package com.apache.nifi.processors.simulator;
+
+import be.cetic.tsimulus.config.Configuration;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.InputRequirement;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.CapabilityDescription;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.Tags;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.lifecycle.OnScheduled;
+import org.apache.nifi.components.PropertyDescriptor;
+import org.apache.nifi.flowfile.FlowFile;
+import org.apache.nifi.logging.ComponentLog;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.AbstractProcessor;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.Relationship;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessorInitializationContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessSession;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.util.StandardValidators;
+import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import scala.Some;
+import scala.Tuple3;
+import scala.collection.JavaConverters;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+@Tags({"Simulator, Timeseries, IOT, Testing"})
+@InputRequirement(InputRequirement.Requirement.INPUT_FORBIDDEN)
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Are you sure that you don't want INPUT_ALLOWED so that users can provide
input to dynamically change the behavior through EL or content in the flowfile?
If not, that's fine.
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