Github user ottobackwards commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2805#discussion_r197144105
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nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/ParseSyslog5424.java
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+
+package org.apache.nifi.processors.standard;
+
+import com.github.palindromicity.syslog.NilPolicy;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.EventDriven;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.InputRequirement;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.InputRequirement.Requirement;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.SideEffectFree;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.SupportsBatching;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.WritesAttribute;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.WritesAttributes;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.CapabilityDescription;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.SeeAlso;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.Tags;
+import org.apache.nifi.components.AllowableValue;
+import org.apache.nifi.components.PropertyDescriptor;
+import org.apache.nifi.expression.ExpressionLanguageScope;
+import org.apache.nifi.flowfile.FlowFile;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.AbstractProcessor;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessSession;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.Relationship;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.io.InputStreamCallback;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.util.StandardValidators;
+import org.apache.nifi.processors.standard.syslog.StrictSyslog5424Parser;
+import org.apache.nifi.processors.standard.syslog.Syslog5424Event;
+import org.apache.nifi.stream.io.StreamUtils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+
+@EventDriven
+@SideEffectFree
+@SupportsBatching
+@InputRequirement(Requirement.INPUT_REQUIRED)
+@Tags({"logs", "syslog", "syslog5424", "attributes", "system", "event",
"message"})
+@CapabilityDescription("Attempts to parse the contents of a well formed
Syslog message in accordance to RFC5424 " +
+ "format and adds attributes to the FlowFile for each of the parts
of the Syslog message, including Structured Data." +
+ "Structured Data will be written to attributes as on attribute per
item id + parameter "+
+ "see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5424." +
+ "Note: ParseSyslog5424 follows the specification more closely than
ParseSyslog. If your Syslog producer " +
+ "does not follow the spec closely, with regards to using '-' for
missing header entries for example, those logs " +
+ "will fail with this parser, where they would not fail with
ParseSyslog.")
+@WritesAttributes({@WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.priority",
description = "The priority of the Syslog message."),
+ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.severity", description = "The
severity of the Syslog message derived from the priority."),
+ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.facility", description = "The
facility of the Syslog message derived from the priority."),
+ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.version", description = "The
optional version from the Syslog message."),
+ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.timestamp", description = "The
timestamp of the Syslog message."),
+ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.hostname", description = "The
hostname or IP address of the Syslog message."),
+ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.appname", description = "The
appname of the Syslog message."),
+ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.procid", description = "The
procid of the Syslog message."),
+ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.messageid", description = "The
messageid the Syslog message."),
+ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.structuredData", description =
"Multiple entries per structuredData of the Syslog message."),
+ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.sender", description = "The
hostname of the Syslog server that sent the message."),
+ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.body", description = "The body of
the Syslog message, everything after the hostname.")})
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Ok, I'll add that.
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