Github user ottobackwards commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/910 This looks awesome at first look. I'm a big fan of doing this regardless of the shading issue. The only thought that comes to mind is that there is a tipping point where a *Utils class isn't the right thing, that is it outgrown. I feel like we might be there for JSONUtils. We can do that in another pr however I guess.
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