Merge pull request #2955 from spotify/freben/next-steps-in-processing

feat(catalog-backend): First steps of refactoring - split processEntity
2020-10-20 14:13:49 +02:00
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+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': minor
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+- The `CatalogProcessor` API was updated to have `preProcessEntity` and
+  `postProcessEntity` methods, instead of just one `processEntity`. This makes
+  it easier to make processors that have several stages in one, and to make
+  different processors more position independent in the list of processors.
+- The `EntityPolicy` is now given directly to the `LocationReaders`, instead of
+  being enforced inside a policy. We have decided to separate out the act of
+  validating an entity to be outside of the processing flow, to make it
+  possible to apply more liberally and to evolve it as a separate concept.
+- Because of the above, the `EntityPolicyProcessor` has been removed.