[NIFI-4606] TailFile has a property named "Rolling Strategy" but it is never used

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Component/s: Extensions
• Assignee: Mark Payne
• Reporter: Mark Payne
• Created: 14/Nov/17 15:57
• Updated: 30/Nov/17 16:13
• Resolved: 30/Nov/17 16:13

Description

The TailFile processor has a property that is named "Rolling Strategy." It has two allowable values "Fixed name" or "Changing name." I was unable to understand from the documentation what the intent of the property was, so I began to read the code in order to understand so that I could better update the documentation. However, looking through the code, I found that the property was only ever looked at in the customValidate method and never used for any logic within the processor.

Therefore, this property needs to be removed from the processor, since it adds complexity to the processor's configuration and doesn't actually affect the behavior of the processor itself.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2272