[KAFKA-6755] MaskField SMT should optionally take a literal value to use instead of using null

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.11.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.6.0
• Component/s: connect
• Labels: needs-kip newbie
• Assignee: Valeria Vasylieva
• Reporter: Randall Hauch
• Reviewer: Randall Hauch
• Created: 06/Apr/18 01:27
• Updated: 24/May/20 14:24
• Resolved: 24/May/20 14:24

Description

The existing org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.MaskField SMT always uses the null value for the type of field. It'd be nice to optionally be able to specify a literal value for the type, where the SMT would convert the literal string value in the configuration to the desired type (using the new Values methods).

Use cases: mask out the IP address, or SSN, or other personally identifiable information (PII).

Since this changes the API, and thus will require a KIP.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6284
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