[FLUME-2297] Custom Source Example in Developer Guide Uses Unnecessary Transaction

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: Docs

Environment

Any Web browser

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Tom Wheeler
• Created: 13/Jan/14 00:32
• Updated: 13/Jan/14 19:12

Description

The custom source in the Flume Developer's guide shows the use of a transaction in the process() method:

http://flume.apache.org/FlumeDeveloperGuide.html#source

I think this is unnecessarily complex and makes a poor example. Since ChannelProcessor.processEvent also wraps everything in a transaction, the transaction inside the source itself is redundant. This issue requests the example be simplified to only what's really needed.