ProtobufReader

Description:

Parses a Protocol Buffers message from binary format.

Additional Details...

Tags:

protobuf, record, reader, parser

Properties:

In the list below, the names of required properties appear in bold. Any other properties (not in bold) are considered optional. The table also indicates any default values, and whether a property supports the NiFi Expression Language.

Display NameAPI NameDefault ValueAllowable ValuesDescription
Schema Access Strategyschema-access-strategyGenerate from Proto file
  • Use 'Schema Name' Property The name of the Schema to use is specified by the 'Schema Name' Property. The value of this property is used to lookup the Schema in the configured Schema Registry service.
  • Use 'Schema Text' Property The text of the Schema itself is specified by the 'Schema Text' Property. The value of this property must be a valid Avro Schema. If Expression Language is used, the value of the 'Schema Text' property must be valid after substituting the expressions.
  • HWX Schema Reference Attributes The FlowFile contains 3 Attributes that will be used to lookup a Schema from the configured Schema Registry: 'schema.identifier', 'schema.version', and 'schema.protocol.version'
  • HWX Content-Encoded Schema Reference The content of the FlowFile contains a reference to a schema in the Schema Registry service. The reference is encoded as a single byte indicating the 'protocol version', followed by 8 bytes indicating the schema identifier, and finally 4 bytes indicating the schema version, as per the Hortonworks Schema Registry serializers and deserializers, found at https://github.com/hortonworks/registry
  • Confluent Content-Encoded Schema Reference The content of the FlowFile contains a reference to a schema in the Schema Registry service. The reference is encoded as a single 'Magic Byte' followed by 4 bytes representing the identifier of the schema, as outlined at http://docs.confluent.io/current/schema-registry/docs/serializer-formatter.html. This is based on version 3.2.x of the Confluent Schema Registry.
  • Generate from Proto file The record schema is generated from the provided proto file
Specifies how to obtain the schema that is to be used for interpreting the data.
Schema Registryschema-registryController Service API:
SchemaRegistry
Implementations: ConfluentSchemaRegistry
AmazonGlueSchemaRegistry
DatabaseTableSchemaRegistry
HortonworksSchemaRegistry
AvroSchemaRegistry		Specifies the Controller Service to use for the Schema Registry

This Property is only considered if the [Schema Access Strategy] Property is set to one of the following values: [Confluent Content-Encoded Schema Reference], [Use 'Schema Name' Property], [HWX Schema Reference Attributes], [HWX Content-Encoded Schema Reference]
Schema Nameschema-name${schema.name}Specifies the name of the schema to lookup in the Schema Registry property
Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and variable registry)

This Property is only considered if the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Name' Property".
Schema Versionschema-versionSpecifies the version of the schema to lookup in the Schema Registry. If not specified then the latest version of the schema will be retrieved.
Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and variable registry)

This Property is only considered if the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Name' Property".
Schema Branchschema-branchSpecifies the name of the branch to use when looking up the schema in the Schema Registry property. If the chosen Schema Registry does not support branching, this value will be ignored.
Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and variable registry)

This Property is only considered if the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Name' Property".
Schema Textschema-text${avro.schema}The text of an Avro-formatted Schema
Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using flow file attributes and variable registry)

This Property is only considered if the [Schema Access Strategy] Property has a value of "Use 'Schema Text' Property".
Proto DirectoryProto DirectoryDirectory containing Protocol Buffers message definition (.proto) file(s).
Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using variable registry only)
Message TypeMessage TypeFully qualified name of the Protocol Buffers message type including its package (eg. mypackage.MyMessage). The .proto files configured in 'Proto Directory' must contain the definition of this message type.
Supports Expression Language: true (will be evaluated using variable registry only)

State management:

This component does not store state.

Restricted:

This component is not restricted.

System Resource Considerations:

None specified.