Fighting API Compatibility On Fluentd Using "Black Magic"The document discusses Fluentd's changes to its plugin API between versions 0.12 and 0.14. In 0.14, the API was overhauled to separate entry points from implementations and introduce a plugin base class to control data and control flow. A compatibility layer was added to allow most 0.12 plugins to work unmodified in 0.14 by handling calls to overridden methods. However, plugins that override certa
