[jira] [Created] (NIFI-11770) Change GenerateRecord to use Data Faker rather than java-faker

["Matt Burgess (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Matt Burgess created NIFI-11770:
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             Summary: Change GenerateRecord to use Data Faker rather than java-faker
                 Key: NIFI-11770
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-11770
             Project: Apache NiFi
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Extensions
            Reporter: Matt Burgess
             Fix For: 2.latest


The GenerateRecord processor currently uses the [java-faker|https://github.com/DiUS/java-faker] library to generate fake data. This library appears to be no longer maintained (the last commit on the main branch was 3 years ago).

This Jira proposes to replace this library with [Data Faker|https://github.com/datafaker-net/datafaker], which is actively maintained with upgraded dependencies and more categories/types from which to create fake data. It is a fork of the original java-faker so all existing categories/types are still supported with the addition of others.

Data Faker 1.x supports Java 8 but is no longer maintained/supported. Data Faker 2.x requires Java 17+ so this Jira should only apply to the NiFi 2+ lines which have Java 17 as a minimum.



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