Github user markap14 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2587#discussion_r179819209
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nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-record-serialization-services-bundle/nifi-record-serialization-services/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/xml/XMLReader.java
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+package org.apache.nifi.xml;
+
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.CapabilityDescription;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.Tags;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.lifecycle.OnEnabled;
+import org.apache.nifi.components.PropertyDescriptor;
+import org.apache.nifi.controller.ConfigurationContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.logging.ComponentLog;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.util.StandardValidators;
+import org.apache.nifi.schema.access.SchemaNotFoundException;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.DateTimeUtils;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.MalformedRecordException;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.RecordReader;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.RecordReaderFactory;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.SchemaRegistryService;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.RecordSchema;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+@Tags({"xml", "record", "reader", "parser"})
+@CapabilityDescription("Reads XML content and creates Record objects.
Records are expected in the second level of " +
+ "XML data, embedded in an enclosing root tag.")
+public class XMLReader extends SchemaRegistryService implements
RecordReaderFactory {
+
+ public static final PropertyDescriptor VALIDATE_ROOT_TAG = new
PropertyDescriptor.Builder()
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I am actually in favor of removing this property all together. In order to
properly read the records, the Record Readers will need to validate syntax of
the data, but I don't believe that it should be validating arbitrary semantic
meanings. I.e., I don't think that we should be checking the name of the
outer-most element for any specific name.
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