adamdebreceni commented on a change in pull request #797: URL: https://github.com/apache/nifi-minifi-cpp/pull/797#discussion_r431194612
########## File path: libminifi/include/core/ConfigurableComponent.h ########## @@ -216,16 +216,20 @@ bool ConfigurableComponent::getProperty(const std::string name, T &value) const{ auto &&it = properties_.find(name); if (it != properties_.end()) { - Property item = it->second; - value = static_cast<T>(item.getValue()); - if (item.getValue().getValue() != nullptr){ - logger_->log_debug("Component %s property name %s value %s", name, item.getName(), item.getValue().to_string()); - return true; - } - else{ + const Property& item = it->second; + if (item.getValue().getValue() == nullptr) { + // empty value + if (item.getRequired()) { + logger_->log_debug("Component %s required property %s is empty", name, item.getName()); + throw utils::RequiredPropertyMissingException("Required property is empty: " + item.getName()); Review comment: definitely, if I create a processor and mark a property required and it is not there, it is the fault of the processor scheduler and I should not handle its absence (should not catch the exception but let it up to the scheduler), on the other hand if I have an optional property and it is not there, tough luck but I'll have to manage its absence ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org