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ASF GitHub Bot commented on NIFI-4857:
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Github user markap14 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2570#discussion_r176437061
--- Diff:
nifi-commons/nifi-record/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/serialization/record/util/DataTypeUtils.java
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@@ -432,6 +478,37 @@ public static String toString(final Object value,
final Supplier<DateFormat> for
return formatDate((java.util.Date) value, format);
}
+ if (value instanceof byte[]) {
+ return new String((byte[])value, charset);
+ }
+
+ if (value instanceof ByteBuffer) {
--- End diff --
Same as above, I think we should avoid the use of ByteBuffer here
> Record components do not support String <-> byte[] conversions
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: NIFI-4857
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-4857
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Extensions
> Reporter: Matt Burgess
> Assignee: Matt Burgess
> Priority: Major
>
> When trying to perform a conversion of a field between a String and a byte
> array, various errors are reporting (depending on where the conversion is
> taking place). Here are some examples:
> 1) CSVReader, if a column with String values is specified in the schema as
> "bytes"
> 2) ConvertRecord, if an input field is of type String and the output field is
> of type "bytes"
> 3) ConvertRecord, if an input field is of type "bytes" and the output field
> is of type "String"
> Many/most/all of the record components use utility methods to convert values,
> I believe these methods need to be updated to support conversion between
> String and byte[] values.
>
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