[FLUME-3413] Add "initialization" phase to components.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.9.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.10.0
• Component/s: Channel, Sinks+Sources
• Assignee: Ralph Goers
• Reporter: Ralph Goers
• Created: 22/Mar/22 21:25
• Updated: 01/Jun/22 06:26
• Resolved: 01/Jun/22 06:26

Description

It is sometimes necessary for one Flume component to access another component or its configuration before the components are started. This change introduces a new Initializable interface that, when implemented, will allow components to access the configured components before they are started.