Github user minifirocks commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi-minifi-cpp/pull/217#discussion_r156161507
--- Diff: libminifi/src/capi/api.cpp ---
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+/**
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <utility>
+#include "core/Core.h"
+#include "capi/api.h"
+#include "capi/expect.h"
+#include "capi/Instance.h"
+#include "capi/Plan.h"
+#include "ResourceClaim.h"
+
+/**
+ * Creates a NiFi Instance from the url and output port.
+ * @param url http URL for NiFi instance
+ * @param port Remote output port.
+ */
+nifi_instance *create_instance(char *url, nifi_port *port) {
+ minifi::setDefaultDirectory(DEFAULT_CONTENT_DIRECTORY);
+ nifi_instance *instance = new nifi_instance;
+
+ instance->instance_ptr = new minifi::Instance(url, port->pord_id);
+ instance->port.pord_id = port->pord_id;
+
+ return instance;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Initializes the instance
+ */
+void initialize_instance(nifi_instance *instance) {
+ auto minifi_instance_ref =
static_cast<minifi::Instance*>(instance->instance_ptr);
+ minifi_instance_ref->initialize(instance->port.pord_id);
--- End diff --
same as above, we need to init instance just once.
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