From 90cd502f8777e3e524d3c51cb40df6f7675e89c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Subhobrata Dey <sbcd90@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 20:41:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] make category field optional

Signed-off-by: Subhobrata Dey <sbcd90@gmail.com>
---
 .../opensearch/securityanalytics/model/CustomLogType.java   | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/model/CustomLogType.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/model/CustomLogType.java
index 8fb7a8daf..72b81ffa6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/model/CustomLogType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/model/CustomLogType.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public CustomLogType(String id,
         this.version = version != null ? version : NO_VERSION;
         this.name = name;
         this.description = description;
-        this.category = category;
+        this.category = category != null? category: "Other";
         this.source = source;
         this.tags = tags;
     }
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public CustomLogType(Map<String, Object> input) {
                 null,
                 input.get(NAME_FIELD).toString(),
                 input.get(DESCRIPTION_FIELD).toString(),
-                input.get(CATEGORY_FIELD).toString(),
+                input.containsKey(CATEGORY_FIELD)? input.get(CATEGORY_FIELD).toString(): null,
                 input.get(SOURCE_FIELD).toString(),
                 (Map<String, Object>) input.get(TAGS_FIELD)
         );
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public static CustomLogType parse(XContentParser xcp, String id, Long version) t
                     description = xcp.text();
                     break;
                 case CATEGORY_FIELD:
-                    category = xcp.text();
+                    category = xcp.textOrNull();
                     break;
                 case SOURCE_FIELD:
                     source = xcp.text();