[NIFI-4857] Record components do not support String <-> byte[] conversions

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.0
• Component/s: Extensions
• Assignee: Matt Burgess
• Reporter: Matt Burgess
• Created: 08/Feb/18 18:06
• Updated: 09/Apr/18 18:55
• Resolved: 09/Apr/18 18:55

Description

When trying to perform a conversion of a field between a String and a byte array, various errors are reporting (depending on where the conversion is taking place). Here are some examples:

1) CSVReader, if a column with String values is specified in the schema as "bytes"

2) ConvertRecord, if an input field is of type String and the output field is of type "bytes"

3) ConvertRecord, if an input field is of type "bytes" and the output field is of type "String"

Many/most/all of the record components use utility methods to convert values, I believe these methods need to be updated to support conversion between String and byte[] values.

 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2484
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2570