Code review: Fix critical issues and improve code quality#70
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This PR addresses several critical issues identified during a comprehensive code review of the kinesis-tailr project, focusing on robustness, maintainability, and adherence to Rust best practices.
Critical Issues Fixed
Eliminated panic risks: Replaced 8 instances of
unwrap()calls throughoutsrc/sink.rswith proper error propagation using the?operator andtry_for_each(). This prevents potential runtime panics when writing to output streams or handling timestamps.Fixed license specification: Corrected typo in
Cargo.tomlfromGPL-3,0-or-latertoGPL-3.0-or-laterfor proper license recognition.Resolved TODO placeholders: Replaced all "TODO: panic message" placeholders with descriptive error messages in main.rs and test files, improving debuggability.
Modernized CLI attributes: Updated deprecated
#[structopt(...)]attributes to modern#[arg(...)]syntax throughoutcli_helpers.rs, ensuring compatibility with current clap versions.Improvements
Enhanced input validation: Added comprehensive validation for CLI options including empty file paths, non-existent parent directories, and invalid concurrent values. The new
validate()method provides clear error messages for configuration issues.Better error handling: Improved timestamp parsing with graceful fallback and warning logging instead of panicking on invalid timestamps, making the application more resilient to malformed data.
Code organization: Extracted magic numbers to named constants (
CONSOLE_BUF_SIZE,FILE_BUF_SIZE,DEFAULT_DELIMITER) for better maintainability.Documentation: Added comprehensive documentation for the main function and key public APIs, improving code understanding and maintenance.
README accuracy: Fixed documentation inconsistency about encoding flags, correctly describing the
--base64and--utf8options.Testing
All existing functionality is preserved with no breaking changes. The test suite has been expanded from 26 to 29 tests, including new validation edge cases. All tests pass and the code is clippy-clean with no warnings.
These changes significantly improve the robustness and maintainability of the codebase while following Rust best practices for error handling and API design.
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