vectordotdev/vector

Provide generic `generate_config` and `test_generate_config`

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#21,865 opened on Nov 21, 2024

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Description

Currently these work with Toml::Values however YAML is now the first class format in Vector.

See https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector/blob/v0.42.0/src/test_util/mod.rs#L95-L103

We can also support JSON values.

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Research direction
Examine the current `generate config` and `test generate config` functions in `src/test util/mod.rs` that use `Toml::Value`. Understand how to make them generic over serialization formats using traits (e.g., `serde::Serialize` and `serde::Deserialize`). Implement the change to support YAML and JSON in addition to TOML, following the pattern of other generic functions in the codebase.
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rust
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backendtooling
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3
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1-2 days
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Rust
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60