GitHub user twigglius opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/apex-core/pull/417
[APEXCORE-528] Fix OutputPort Default Optional Behavior This PR removes the validation logic that requires output ports to be connected if not explicitly annotated as optional. This change complies with the behavior defined by the optional annotation as it states they should be optional by default. You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/twigglius/apex-core APEXCORE-528.optional-outports Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/apex-core/pull/417.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #417 ---- ---- --- If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please contact infrastructure at infrastruct...@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket with INFRA. ---