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ASF GitHub Bot commented on METRON-1568:
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Github user ottobackwards commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/1021#discussion_r189861295
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metron-platform/metron-common/src/main/java/org/apache/metron/common/configuration/enrichment/handler/StellarConfig.java
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@@ -142,8 +143,14 @@ else if(kv.getValue() instanceof List) {
{
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Why would this be an either or situation?
What if I have a 'match' expression that uses both _ and other vars?
> Stellar should have a _ special variable which returns the message in map form
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> Key: METRON-1568
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/METRON-1568
> Project: Metron
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Casey Stella
> Priority: Major
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> In order to support functions which operate on the whole message, we should
> have a special variable (_, keeping with the vaguely scala theme) which can
> return the entire underlying message. This map should be immutable.
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