[FLUME-429] Create GEN sink in configuration language.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.4
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.5
• Component/s: Sinks+Sources, Technical Debt
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jonathan Hsieh
• Created: 26/Dec/10 16:23
• Updated: 05/Nov/14 09:06
• Resolved: 05/Nov/14 09:06

Description

Roll and collectorDeco are currently special cases in the configuration language. This should be made into a new class of sink called a generatorSink – a sink that can instantiate new sinks. (decorators can only continue to push data through, they cannot be changed or reinstantiated).