Github user pvillard31 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2698#discussion_r188345339
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nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/ExtractGrok.java
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@@ -234,6 +247,11 @@ public void onStopped() {
@OnScheduled
public void onScheduled(final ProcessContext context) throws
GrokException, IOException {
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+ if (context.getProperty(KEEP_EMPTY_CAPTURES).isSet()) {
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with required=true, you would not need to check if the property is set
anymore
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