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[GitHub] [plc4x] ottobackwards commented on a change in pull request #257: Feature/nifi record

ottobackwards commented on a change in pull request #257:
URL: https://github.com/apache/plc4x/pull/257#discussion_r657892340



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File path: plc4j/integrations/apache-nifi/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# PLC4X Apache NiFi Integration
+
+## Plc4xSinkProcessor
+
+## Plc4xSourceProcessor
+
+## Plc4xSourceRecordProcessor
+

Review comment:
       This is great.  I think we should mention how we derive the schema types for the records from the messages

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File path: plc4j/integrations/apache-nifi/nifi-plc4x-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/plc4x/nifi/BasePlc4xProcessor.java
##########
@@ -31,46 +32,66 @@ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 
 public abstract class BasePlc4xProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
 
-    private static final PropertyDescriptor PLC_CONNECTION_STRING = new PropertyDescriptor
+    public static final PropertyDescriptor PLC_CONNECTION_STRING = new PropertyDescriptor
         .Builder().name("PLC_CONNECTION_STRING")
         .displayName("PLC connection String")
         .description("PLC4X connection string used to connect to a given PLC device.")
         .required(true)
         .addValidator(new Plc4xConnectionStringValidator())
+        //.expressionLanguageSupported(ExpressionLanguageScope.FLOWFILE_ATTRIBUTES)
+        //TODO this could be better implemented on a service
         .build();
-    private static final PropertyDescriptor PLC_ADDRESS_STRING = new PropertyDescriptor
+    
+    public static final PropertyDescriptor PLC_ADDRESS_STRING = new PropertyDescriptor
         .Builder().name("PLC_ADDRESS_STRING")
         .displayName("PLC resource address String")
         .description("PLC4X address string used identify the resource to read/write on a given PLC device " +
             "(Multiple values supported). The expected format is: {name}={address}(;{name}={address})*")
         .required(true)
         .addValidator(new Plc4xAddressStringValidator())
+        .expressionLanguageSupported(ExpressionLanguageScope.FLOWFILE_ATTRIBUTES)
         .build();
 
-    static final Relationship SUCCESS = new Relationship.Builder()
-        .name("SUCCESS")
+    public static final Relationship REL_SUCCESS = new Relationship.Builder()
+        .name("success")
         .description("Successfully processed")
         .build();
-    static final Relationship FAILURE = new Relationship.Builder()
-        .name("FAILURE")
+    public static final Relationship REL_FAILURE = new Relationship.Builder()
+        .name("failure")
         .description("An error occurred processing")
         .build();
 
-    private List<PropertyDescriptor> descriptors;
-
-    Set<Relationship> relationships;
-
-    private String connectionString;
+    //TODO protected could be changed by private with getters
+    protected List<PropertyDescriptor> properties;
+    protected Set<Relationship> relationships;
+  
+    protected String connectionString;
     private Map<String, String> addressMap;
 
     private final PooledPlcDriverManager driverManager = new PooledPlcDriverManager();
 
     @Override
     protected void init(final ProcessorInitializationContext context) {
-        this.descriptors = Arrays.asList(PLC_CONNECTION_STRING, PLC_ADDRESS_STRING);
-        this.relationships = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(SUCCESS, FAILURE));
+    	
+    	//mio
+    	final List<PropertyDescriptor> properties = new ArrayList<>();
+    	properties.add(PLC_CONNECTION_STRING);
+    	properties.add(PLC_ADDRESS_STRING);
+        this.properties = Collections.unmodifiableList(properties);
+
+    	
+    	final Set<Relationship> relationships = new HashSet<>();
+        relationships.add(REL_SUCCESS);
+        relationships.add(REL_FAILURE);
+        this.relationships = Collections.unmodifiableSet(relationships);
+
     }
 
+    

Review comment:
       why is this public?

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File path: plc4j/integrations/apache-nifi/nifi-plc4x-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/plc4x/nifi/BasePlc4xProcessor.java
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@@ -142,6 +163,7 @@ public ValidationResult validate(String subject, String input, ValidationContext
         @Override
         public ValidationResult validate(String subject, String input, ValidationContext context) {
             // TODO: Add validation here ...

Review comment:
       I don't mind the TODOs, but can you open a JIRA for them so they have a chance of being done?

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File path: plc4j/integrations/apache-nifi/nifi-plc4x-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/plc4x/nifi/BasePlc4xProcessor.java
##########
@@ -31,46 +32,66 @@ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 
 public abstract class BasePlc4xProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
 
-    private static final PropertyDescriptor PLC_CONNECTION_STRING = new PropertyDescriptor
+    public static final PropertyDescriptor PLC_CONNECTION_STRING = new PropertyDescriptor
         .Builder().name("PLC_CONNECTION_STRING")
         .displayName("PLC connection String")
         .description("PLC4X connection string used to connect to a given PLC device.")
         .required(true)
         .addValidator(new Plc4xConnectionStringValidator())
+        //.expressionLanguageSupported(ExpressionLanguageScope.FLOWFILE_ATTRIBUTES)
+        //TODO this could be better implemented on a service
         .build();
-    private static final PropertyDescriptor PLC_ADDRESS_STRING = new PropertyDescriptor
+    
+    public static final PropertyDescriptor PLC_ADDRESS_STRING = new PropertyDescriptor
         .Builder().name("PLC_ADDRESS_STRING")
         .displayName("PLC resource address String")
         .description("PLC4X address string used identify the resource to read/write on a given PLC device " +
             "(Multiple values supported). The expected format is: {name}={address}(;{name}={address})*")
         .required(true)
         .addValidator(new Plc4xAddressStringValidator())
+        .expressionLanguageSupported(ExpressionLanguageScope.FLOWFILE_ATTRIBUTES)
         .build();
 
-    static final Relationship SUCCESS = new Relationship.Builder()
-        .name("SUCCESS")
+    public static final Relationship REL_SUCCESS = new Relationship.Builder()
+        .name("success")
         .description("Successfully processed")
         .build();
-    static final Relationship FAILURE = new Relationship.Builder()
-        .name("FAILURE")
+    public static final Relationship REL_FAILURE = new Relationship.Builder()
+        .name("failure")
         .description("An error occurred processing")
         .build();
 
-    private List<PropertyDescriptor> descriptors;
-
-    Set<Relationship> relationships;
-
-    private String connectionString;
+    //TODO protected could be changed by private with getters
+    protected List<PropertyDescriptor> properties;
+    protected Set<Relationship> relationships;
+  
+    protected String connectionString;
     private Map<String, String> addressMap;
 
     private final PooledPlcDriverManager driverManager = new PooledPlcDriverManager();
 
     @Override
     protected void init(final ProcessorInitializationContext context) {
-        this.descriptors = Arrays.asList(PLC_CONNECTION_STRING, PLC_ADDRESS_STRING);
-        this.relationships = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(SUCCESS, FAILURE));
+    	

Review comment:
       what does `mio` mean?

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File path: plc4j/integrations/apache-nifi/nifi-plc4x-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/plc4x/nifi/record/Plc4xReadResponseRecordSet.java
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@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+package org.apache.plc4x.nifi.record;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+import org.apache.avro.Schema;
+import org.apache.nifi.avro.AvroTypeUtil;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.MapRecord;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.Record;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.RecordField;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.RecordSchema;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.RecordSet;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.messages.PlcReadResponse;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.value.PlcValue;
+import org.apache.plc4x.nifi.util.Plc4xCommon;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+public class Plc4xReadResponseRecordSet implements RecordSet, Closeable {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Plc4xReadResponseRecordSet.class);
+    private final PlcReadResponse readResponse;
+    private final Set<String> rsColumnNames;
+    private boolean moreRows;
+
+    // TODO: review this AtomicReference?
+	// TODO: this could be enhanced checking if record schema should be updated (via a cache boolean, checking property values is a nifi expression language, etc)
+  	private AtomicReference<RecordSchema> recordSchema;
+
+    public Plc4xReadResponseRecordSet(final PlcReadResponse readResponse) throws IOException {
+        this.readResponse = readResponse;
+        moreRows = true;
+        
+        logger.debug("Creating record schema from PlcReadResponse");
+        Map<String, ? extends PlcValue> responseDataStructure = readResponse.getAsPlcValue().getStruct();
+        rsColumnNames = responseDataStructure.keySet();
+        
+        if (recordSchema == null) {
+        	Schema avroSchema = Plc4xCommon.createSchema(responseDataStructure); //TODO review this method as it is the 'mapping' from PlcValues to avro datatypes        	
+        	recordSchema = new AtomicReference<RecordSchema>();
+        	recordSchema.set(AvroTypeUtil.createSchema(avroSchema));
+        }
+        logger.debug("Record schema from PlcReadResponse successfuly created.");
+
+    }
+
+    
+    @Override
+    public RecordSchema getSchema() {
+        return this.recordSchema.get();
+    }
+
+    // Protected methods for subclasses to access private member variables
+    protected PlcReadResponse getReadResponse() {
+        return readResponse;
+    }
+
+    protected boolean hasMoreRows() {
+        return moreRows;
+    }
+
+    protected void setMoreRows(boolean moreRows) {
+        this.moreRows = moreRows;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Record next() throws IOException {
+        if (moreRows) {
+             final Record record = createRecord(readResponse);
+             setMoreRows(false);
+             return record;
+        } else {
+             return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        //do nothing
+    }
+
+    protected Record createRecord(final PlcReadResponse readResponse) throws IOException{
+        final Map<String, Object> values = new HashMap<>(getSchema().getFieldCount());
+
+        logger.debug("creating record.");
+
+        for (final RecordField field : getSchema().getFields()) {
+            final String fieldName = field.getFieldName();
+
+            final Object value;
+            
+            //TODO
+            if (rsColumnNames.contains(fieldName)) {
+            	value = normalizeValue(readResponse.getObject(fieldName));
+            } else {
+                value = null;
+            }
+            //TODO we are asuming that record schema is always inferred from request, not writen by the user, so maybe previous lines could be changed by the following one
+           // value = normalizeValue(readResponse.getObject(fieldName));
+            

Review comment:
       might be better for this to be .trace

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File path: plc4j/integrations/apache-nifi/nifi-plc4x-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/plc4x/nifi/Plc4xSourceRecordProcessor.java
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@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+/*
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.plc4x.nifi;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.InputRequirement;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.WritesAttribute;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.WritesAttributes;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.CapabilityDescription;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.Tags;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.lifecycle.OnScheduled;
+import org.apache.nifi.components.PropertyDescriptor;
+import org.apache.nifi.components.PropertyValue;
+import org.apache.nifi.flowfile.FlowFile;
+import org.apache.nifi.flowfile.attributes.CoreAttributes;
+import org.apache.nifi.logging.ComponentLog;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessSession;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessorInitializationContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.Relationship;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.RecordSetWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.nifi.util.StopWatch;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.PlcConnection;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.exceptions.PlcRuntimeException;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.messages.PlcReadRequest;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.messages.PlcReadResponse;
+import org.apache.plc4x.nifi.record.Plc4xWriter;
+import org.apache.plc4x.nifi.record.RecordPlc4xWriter;
+
+@Tags({ "plc4x-source" })
+@InputRequirement(InputRequirement.Requirement.INPUT_ALLOWED)
+@CapabilityDescription("Processor able to read data from industrial PLCs using Apache PLC4X")
+@WritesAttributes({ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "value", description = "some value") })
+public class Plc4xSourceRecordProcessor extends BasePlc4xProcessor {
+
+	public static final String RESULT_ROW_COUNT = "plc4x.read.row.count";
+	public static final String RESULT_QUERY_DURATION = "plc4x.read.query.duration";
+	public static final String RESULT_QUERY_EXECUTION_TIME = "plc4x.read.query.executiontime";
+	public static final String RESULT_QUERY_FETCH_TIME = "plc4x.read.query.fetchtime";
+	public static final String INPUT_FLOWFILE_UUID = "input.flowfile.uuid";
+	public static final String RESULT_ERROR_MESSAGE = "plc4x.read.error.message";
+
+	public static final PropertyDescriptor RECORD_WRITER_FACTORY = new PropertyDescriptor.Builder().name("plc4x-record-writer").displayName("Record Writer")
+			.description("Specifies the Controller Service to use for writing results to a FlowFile. The Record Writer may use Inherit Schema to emulate the inferred schema behavior, i.e. "
+					+ "an explicit schema need not be defined in the writer, and will be supplied by the same logic used to infer the schema from the column types.")
+			.identifiesControllerService(RecordSetWriterFactory.class)
+			.required(true)
+			.build();
+
+	public Plc4xSourceRecordProcessor() {
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void init(final ProcessorInitializationContext context) {
+		super.init(context);
+		final Set<Relationship> r = new HashSet<>();
+		r.addAll(super.getRelationships());
+		this.relationships = Collections.unmodifiableSet(r);
+
+		final List<PropertyDescriptor> pds = new ArrayList<>();
+		pds.addAll(super.getSupportedPropertyDescriptors());
+		pds.add(RECORD_WRITER_FACTORY);
+		this.properties = Collections.unmodifiableList(pds);
+	}
+
+	@OnScheduled
+	@Override
+	public void onScheduled(final ProcessContext context) {
+        super.connectionString = context.getProperty(PLC_CONNECTION_STRING.getName()).getValue();
+    }
+	
+	@Override
+	public void onTrigger(final ProcessContext context, final ProcessSession session) throws ProcessException {
+		FlowFile fileToProcess = null;
+		// TODO: In the future the processor will be configurable to get the address and
+		// the connection from incoming flowfile
+		if (context.hasIncomingConnection()) {
+			fileToProcess = session.get();
+			// If we have no FlowFile, and all incoming connections are self-loops then we
+			// can continue on.
+			// However, if we have no FlowFile and we have connections coming from other
+			// Processors, then we know that we should run only if we have a FlowFile.
+			if (fileToProcess == null && context.hasNonLoopConnection()) {
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// TODO: this could be enhanced checking if address map should be updated (via a cache boolean, checking property values is a nifi expression language, etc)
+		Map<String, String> addressMap = new HashMap<>();
+        PropertyValue addresses = context.getProperty(PLC_ADDRESS_STRING.getName());
+        for (String segment : addresses.evaluateAttributeExpressions(fileToProcess).getValue().split(";")) {
+            String[] parts = segment.split("=");
+            if(parts.length != 2) {
+                throw new ProcessException("Invalid address format");
+            }
+            addressMap.put(parts[0], parts[1]);
+        }
+		
+		
+		final List<FlowFile> resultSetFlowFiles = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		Plc4xWriter plc4xWriter = new RecordPlc4xWriter(context.getProperty(RECORD_WRITER_FACTORY).asControllerService(RecordSetWriterFactory.class), fileToProcess == null ? Collections.emptyMap() : fileToProcess.getAttributes());
+		final ComponentLog logger = getLogger();
+		// Get an instance of a component able to read from a PLC.
+		// TODO: Change this to use NiFi service instead of direct connection
+		final AtomicLong nrOfRows = new AtomicLong(0L);
+		final StopWatch executeTime = new StopWatch(true);
+
+		try (PlcConnection connection = getDriverManager().getConnection(getConnectionString())) {
+
+			String inputFileUUID = fileToProcess == null ? null : fileToProcess.getAttribute(CoreAttributes.UUID.key());
+			Map<String, String> inputFileAttrMap = fileToProcess == null ? null : fileToProcess.getAttributes();
+			FlowFile resultSetFF;
+			if (fileToProcess == null) {
+				resultSetFF = session.create();
+			} else {
+				resultSetFF = session.create(fileToProcess);
+			}
+			if (inputFileAttrMap != null) {
+				resultSetFF = session.putAllAttributes(resultSetFF, inputFileAttrMap);
+			}
+
+			PlcReadRequest.Builder builder = connection.readRequestBuilder();
+			addressMap.keySet().forEach(field -> {
+				String address = addressMap.get(field);
+				if (address != null) {
+					builder.addItem(field, address);
+				}
+			});
+			PlcReadRequest readRequest = builder.build();
+			PlcReadResponse readResponse = readRequest.execute().get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+			resultSetFF = session.write(resultSetFF, out -> {
+				try {
+					nrOfRows.set(plc4xWriter.writePlcReadResponse(readResponse, out, logger, null));
+				} catch (Exception e) {
+					throw (e instanceof ProcessException) ? (ProcessException) e : new ProcessException(e);
+				}
+			});
+			long executionTimeElapsed = executeTime.getElapsed(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+			final Map<String, String> attributesToAdd = new HashMap<>();
+			attributesToAdd.put(RESULT_ROW_COUNT, String.valueOf(nrOfRows.get()));
+			attributesToAdd.put(RESULT_QUERY_EXECUTION_TIME, String.valueOf(executionTimeElapsed));
+			if (inputFileUUID != null) {
+				attributesToAdd.put(INPUT_FLOWFILE_UUID, inputFileUUID);
+			}
+			attributesToAdd.putAll(plc4xWriter.getAttributesToAdd());
+			resultSetFF = session.putAllAttributes(resultSetFF, attributesToAdd);
+			plc4xWriter.updateCounters(session);
+			logger.info("{} contains {} records; transferring to 'success'", new Object[] { resultSetFF, nrOfRows.get() });
+			// Report a FETCH event if there was an incoming flow file, or a RECEIVE event
+			// otherwise
+			if (context.hasIncomingConnection()) {
+				session.getProvenanceReporter().fetch(resultSetFF, "Retrieved " + nrOfRows.get() + " rows", executionTimeElapsed);
+			} else {
+				session.getProvenanceReporter().receive(resultSetFF, "Retrieved " + nrOfRows.get() + " rows", executionTimeElapsed);
+			}
+			resultSetFlowFiles.add(resultSetFF);
+			if (resultSetFlowFiles.size() >= 0) {

Review comment:
       why are we using the ArrayList for the flow files?  Creating an array list, to always add one thing and transferring one thing doesn't make sense.  Am I missing something?

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File path: plc4j/integrations/apache-nifi/nifi-plc4x-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/plc4x/nifi/Plc4xSourceRecordProcessor.java
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+/*
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.plc4x.nifi;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.InputRequirement;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.WritesAttribute;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.WritesAttributes;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.CapabilityDescription;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.Tags;
+import org.apache.nifi.annotation.lifecycle.OnScheduled;
+import org.apache.nifi.components.PropertyDescriptor;
+import org.apache.nifi.components.PropertyValue;
+import org.apache.nifi.flowfile.FlowFile;
+import org.apache.nifi.flowfile.attributes.CoreAttributes;
+import org.apache.nifi.logging.ComponentLog;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessSession;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessorInitializationContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.Relationship;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.RecordSetWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.nifi.util.StopWatch;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.PlcConnection;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.exceptions.PlcRuntimeException;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.messages.PlcReadRequest;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.messages.PlcReadResponse;
+import org.apache.plc4x.nifi.record.Plc4xWriter;
+import org.apache.plc4x.nifi.record.RecordPlc4xWriter;
+
+@Tags({ "plc4x-source" })
+@InputRequirement(InputRequirement.Requirement.INPUT_ALLOWED)
+@CapabilityDescription("Processor able to read data from industrial PLCs using Apache PLC4X")
+@WritesAttributes({ @WritesAttribute(attribute = "value", description = "some value") })
+public class Plc4xSourceRecordProcessor extends BasePlc4xProcessor {
+
+	public static final String RESULT_ROW_COUNT = "plc4x.read.row.count";
+	public static final String RESULT_QUERY_DURATION = "plc4x.read.query.duration";
+	public static final String RESULT_QUERY_EXECUTION_TIME = "plc4x.read.query.executiontime";
+	public static final String RESULT_QUERY_FETCH_TIME = "plc4x.read.query.fetchtime";
+	public static final String INPUT_FLOWFILE_UUID = "input.flowfile.uuid";
+	public static final String RESULT_ERROR_MESSAGE = "plc4x.read.error.message";
+
+	public static final PropertyDescriptor RECORD_WRITER_FACTORY = new PropertyDescriptor.Builder().name("plc4x-record-writer").displayName("Record Writer")
+			.description("Specifies the Controller Service to use for writing results to a FlowFile. The Record Writer may use Inherit Schema to emulate the inferred schema behavior, i.e. "
+					+ "an explicit schema need not be defined in the writer, and will be supplied by the same logic used to infer the schema from the column types.")
+			.identifiesControllerService(RecordSetWriterFactory.class)
+			.required(true)
+			.build();
+
+	public Plc4xSourceRecordProcessor() {
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void init(final ProcessorInitializationContext context) {
+		super.init(context);
+		final Set<Relationship> r = new HashSet<>();
+		r.addAll(super.getRelationships());
+		this.relationships = Collections.unmodifiableSet(r);
+
+		final List<PropertyDescriptor> pds = new ArrayList<>();
+		pds.addAll(super.getSupportedPropertyDescriptors());
+		pds.add(RECORD_WRITER_FACTORY);
+		this.properties = Collections.unmodifiableList(pds);
+	}
+
+	@OnScheduled
+	@Override
+	public void onScheduled(final ProcessContext context) {
+        super.connectionString = context.getProperty(PLC_CONNECTION_STRING.getName()).getValue();
+    }
+	
+	@Override
+	public void onTrigger(final ProcessContext context, final ProcessSession session) throws ProcessException {
+		FlowFile fileToProcess = null;
+		// TODO: In the future the processor will be configurable to get the address and
+		// the connection from incoming flowfile
+		if (context.hasIncomingConnection()) {
+			fileToProcess = session.get();
+			// If we have no FlowFile, and all incoming connections are self-loops then we
+			// can continue on.
+			// However, if we have no FlowFile and we have connections coming from other
+			// Processors, then we know that we should run only if we have a FlowFile.
+			if (fileToProcess == null && context.hasNonLoopConnection()) {
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// TODO: this could be enhanced checking if address map should be updated (via a cache boolean, checking property values is a nifi expression language, etc)
+		Map<String, String> addressMap = new HashMap<>();
+        PropertyValue addresses = context.getProperty(PLC_ADDRESS_STRING.getName());
+        for (String segment : addresses.evaluateAttributeExpressions(fileToProcess).getValue().split(";")) {
+            String[] parts = segment.split("=");
+            if(parts.length != 2) {
+                throw new ProcessException("Invalid address format");
+            }
+            addressMap.put(parts[0], parts[1]);
+        }
+		
+		
+		final List<FlowFile> resultSetFlowFiles = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		Plc4xWriter plc4xWriter = new RecordPlc4xWriter(context.getProperty(RECORD_WRITER_FACTORY).asControllerService(RecordSetWriterFactory.class), fileToProcess == null ? Collections.emptyMap() : fileToProcess.getAttributes());
+		final ComponentLog logger = getLogger();
+		// Get an instance of a component able to read from a PLC.
+		// TODO: Change this to use NiFi service instead of direct connection
+		final AtomicLong nrOfRows = new AtomicLong(0L);
+		final StopWatch executeTime = new StopWatch(true);
+
+		try (PlcConnection connection = getDriverManager().getConnection(getConnectionString())) {
+
+			String inputFileUUID = fileToProcess == null ? null : fileToProcess.getAttribute(CoreAttributes.UUID.key());
+			Map<String, String> inputFileAttrMap = fileToProcess == null ? null : fileToProcess.getAttributes();
+			FlowFile resultSetFF;
+			if (fileToProcess == null) {
+				resultSetFF = session.create();
+			} else {
+				resultSetFF = session.create(fileToProcess);
+			}
+			if (inputFileAttrMap != null) {
+				resultSetFF = session.putAllAttributes(resultSetFF, inputFileAttrMap);
+			}
+
+			PlcReadRequest.Builder builder = connection.readRequestBuilder();
+			addressMap.keySet().forEach(field -> {
+				String address = addressMap.get(field);
+				if (address != null) {
+					builder.addItem(field, address);
+				}
+			});
+			PlcReadRequest readRequest = builder.build();

Review comment:
       what happens if it times out?
   I would expect something like
   ```
   Read with Timeout
   Did we timeout or get data?
   handle timeout
   handle data
   ```

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File path: plc4j/integrations/apache-nifi/nifi-plc4x-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/plc4x/nifi/record/Plc4xReadResponseRecordSet.java
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+package org.apache.plc4x.nifi.record;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+import org.apache.avro.Schema;
+import org.apache.nifi.avro.AvroTypeUtil;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.MapRecord;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.Record;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.RecordField;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.RecordSchema;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.RecordSet;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.messages.PlcReadResponse;
+import org.apache.plc4x.java.api.value.PlcValue;
+import org.apache.plc4x.nifi.util.Plc4xCommon;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+public class Plc4xReadResponseRecordSet implements RecordSet, Closeable {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Plc4xReadResponseRecordSet.class);
+    private final PlcReadResponse readResponse;
+    private final Set<String> rsColumnNames;
+    private boolean moreRows;
+
+    // TODO: review this AtomicReference?
+	// TODO: this could be enhanced checking if record schema should be updated (via a cache boolean, checking property values is a nifi expression language, etc)

Review comment:
       I don't know how you can cache the schema if the plc address can be set using expression language, it can change trigger to trigger and thus invalidate the cached object.




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