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ASF GitHub Bot commented on METRON-1644:
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Github user cestella commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/1084
Ok, more javadocs is definitely fair. I went through the core abstractions
and added javadocs. If I missed anything, let me know.
> Support parser chaining
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>
> Key: METRON-1644
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/METRON-1644
> Project: Metron
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Casey Stella
> Priority: Major
>
> Currently we have only one layer of parsing prior to enrichment, but often
> real data is more complex. For instance, often data is wrapped in an
> envelope (e.g. syslog data which contains a field which needs to be parsed).
> This Jira allows us to support a DAG of parsers prior to enrichment by
> allowing us to provide a strategy for interpreting what is data and what is
> metadata in the parser bolt. This enables upstream parsers to pass in a JSON
> Blob which contains the metadata and have the parser bolt choose which field
> is the data to be parsed, the remaining fields would be considered metadata
> (and merged into the resulting data or not depending on our existing rules
> for handling metadata).
>
> To illustrate this better, I've provided a use-case with an example. Note,
> this PR depends on METRON-1643 and METRON-1642, so those should be reviewed
> prior to this.
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