[jira] [Created] (NIFI-12613) Align type-safe access to allowableValue with it's declaration

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

endzeit created NIFI-12613:
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             Summary: Align type-safe access to allowableValue with it's declaration 
                 Key: NIFI-12613
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-12613
             Project: Apache NiFi
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: endzeit
            Assignee: endzeit


NIFI-12452 introduced a new method on {{PropertyValue}} to type-safely access a property with allowableValues constrained by an Enum. 
{code:java}
<E extends Enum<E> & DescribedValue> E asDescribedValue(Class<E> enumType) throws IllegalArgumentException {code}
I think it makes sense to align the access site in {{PropertyValue}} with the declaration site in {{PropertyDescriptor.Builder}}.

This would involve renaming the method to {{asAllowableValue}} for improved symmetry.
This is a breaking change, however the method was never part of an stable release.

Additionally, NIFI-12573 unified the behaviour of specifying Enums (not) implementing {{DescribedValue}} as allowableValues. With this change in place, I think it's reasonable to open the method to accepts any Enum as well. 



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