Good catch. For the PMD rule:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-15678 https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/10977 On Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM Pierre Villard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Marton, > > For the switch issue, it is a result of this commit [1] where we added > a PMD rule to avoid the default branch when all cases are covered. > This is in place since 2.6.0 but I agree with you that this is > problematic for situations where we bring an enum from the API. > > [1] > https://github.com/apache/nifi/commit/87f8445823d55b2fec8253d6bc669423e08e9bd4 > > Le ven. 6 mars 2026 à 13:05, Marton Szasz <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > > Thanks Pierre. I can confirm that your PR fixes the issue, but: > > > > 1. I can't judge if other NIP-21 discussion participants would like the > > new structure, so I'm hesitant to +1 your PR. > > > > 2. I see another (seemingly unrelated) issue pop up with API 2.7.0 when > > building NiFi git main with it: > > > > [ERROR] Failed to execute goal > > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.14.1:compile > > (default-compile) on project nifi-web-api: Compilation failure: > > Compilation failure: > > [ERROR] > > /home/szaszm/verify-nifi-release/work/nifi_repo/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/StandardNiFiServiceFacade.java:[4094,27] > > error: the switch expression does not cover all possible input values > > [ERROR] > > /home/szaszm/verify-nifi-release/work/nifi_repo/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/StandardNiFiServiceFacade.java:[6439,27] > > error: the switch expression does not cover all possible input values > > > > The problem is that the ComponentType enum got a new value CONNECTOR, > > and now switch blocks that don't handle that case no longer compile. I'm > > not confident enough around NiFi to know the exact backwards > > compatibility guarantees we provide, but treating new public enum values > > as a breaking change seems a bit too restrictive. > > > > Let's discuss these and save the work of another RC. :) > > > > Thanks, > > Marton > > > > On 3/6/26 10:15 AM, Pierre Villard wrote: > > > -1, I just love doing RCs :) > > > > > > Thanks to Marton for reporting an issue with JAXB. I submitted a fix for > > > it [1]. > > > > > > The TL;DR is that the NiFi Registry framework includes a > > > FlowContentSerializer that supports multiple data model versions for > > > reading stored flow snapshots. Data model version 1 uses a JAXB-based > > > serializer (it's probably something that should go away...) and it has > > > some limitations (it can't handle interfaces). > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/nifi-api/pull/76 > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Pierre > > > > > > Le jeu. 5 mars 2026 à 21:02, Pierre Villard > > > <[email protected]> a écrit : > > >> Team, > > >> > > >> I am pleased to be calling this vote for the source release of Apache > > >> NiFi API 2.7.0. > > >> > > >> Please review the following guide for how to verify a release candidate > > >> build: > > >> > > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Release+Candidate+Verification+for+NiFi+API > > >> > > >> The source being voted on the and the convenience binaries are > > >> available on the Apache Distribution Repository: > > >> > > >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-api-2.7.0 > > >> > > >> The build artifacts are available on the Apache Nexus Repository: > > >> > > >> https://repository.apache.org > > >> > > >> Git Tag: nifi-api-2.7.0-RC3 > > >> Git Commit ID: 83b33d7fe57fbcc359516266c978459366166faf > > >> GitHub Commit Link: > > >> https://github.com/apache/nifi-api/commit/83b33d7fe57fbcc359516266c978459366166faf > > >> > > >> Hashes of nifi-api-2.7.0-source-release.zip > > >> > > >> SHA512: > > >> b89b0231f430de99d19915eafb494aafdb7e1b5c1ee500d8ad4a2ff768171eb243b68d3c55af08c5a966d70ac2a0a6d0de519c35df23abe2cb7ef099b569aeb6 > > >> > > >> Release artifacts are signed with the following key: > > >> > > >> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/pvillard31.asc > > >> > > >> KEYS file is available on the Apache Distribution Repository: > > >> > > >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/nifi/KEYS > > >> > > >> Issues resolved for this version: 14 > > >> > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12316020&version=12356655 > > >> > > >> Release note highlights can be found on the project wiki: > > >> > > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Release+Notes#ReleaseNotes-NiFiAPIVersion2.7.0 > > >> > > >> The vote will be open for 72 hours. > > >> > > >> Please download the release candidate and evaluate the necessary items > > >> including checking hashes, signatures, build from source, and test. > > >> Then please vote: > > >> > > >> [] +1 Release this package as nifi-api-2.7.0 > > >> [] +0 no opinion > > >> [] -1 Do not release this package because...
