I’m working on upgrading java-grok to the new 0.1.9 release. While going through the GrokReader the the ExtractGrok components I noticed that they differ in a very important way grok wise. The reader loads the default patterns ( which are a copy of the ubiquitous default patterns in java-grok itself. The older ( I assume ) ExtractGrok processor does not.
I’m wondering if there is a reason for this going back to the creation of the processor. It seems to me it would be better for the ExtractGrok processor and the GrokReader to work similarly with regards to the default patterns. At the moment, there is only one pattern file allowed to be specified with ExtractGrok ( I think there is PR for multiple pattern files ). Besides consistency between the two components, it seems like it would be better for users if they didn’t have to waste or merge pattern files to get the common patterns. I apologize in advance if I am missing something here. Would anyone object to setting the default patterns as we do in the GrokReader? ottO
