chore: Fix linter findings for revive:unused-receiver in plugins/…

…: `aggregators`, `common`, `parsers`, `processors`, `secretstores` and `serializers`

plugins/aggregators/final/final.go

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (m *Final) Push(acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (m *Final) Reset() {
+func (*Final) Reset() {
 }
 
 func init() {

plugins/aggregators/histogram/histogram.go

@@ -184,12 +184,12 @@ func (h *HistogramAggregator) groupFieldsByBuckets(
 		}
 
 		sum += count
-		h.groupField(metricsWithGroupedFields, name, field, sum, copyTags(tags))
+		groupField(metricsWithGroupedFields, name, field, sum, copyTags(tags))
 	}
 }
 
 // groupField groups field by count value
-func (h *HistogramAggregator) groupField(metricsWithGroupedFields *[]groupedByCountFields, name, field string, count int64, tags map[string]string) {
+func groupField(metricsWithGroupedFields *[]groupedByCountFields, name, field string, count int64, tags map[string]string) {
 	for key, metric := range *metricsWithGroupedFields {
 		if name == metric.name && isTagsIdentical(tags, metric.tags) {
 			(*metricsWithGroupedFields)[key].fieldsWithCount[field] = count

plugins/common/jolokia2/gatherer.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (g *Gatherer) gatherResponses(responses []ReadResponse, tags map[string]str
 			points = make([]point, 0)
 		}
 
-		responsePoints, responseErrors := g.generatePoints(metric, responses)
+		responsePoints, responseErrors := generatePoints(metric, responses)
 		points = append(points, responsePoints...)
 		for _, err := range responseErrors {
 			acc.AddError(err)
@@ -71,9 +71,8 @@ func (g *Gatherer) gatherResponses(responses []ReadResponse, tags map[string]str
 	}
 }
 
-// generatePoints creates points for the supplied metric from the ReadResponse
-// objects returned by the Jolokia client.
-func (g *Gatherer) generatePoints(metric Metric, responses []ReadResponse) ([]point, []error) {
+// generatePoints creates points for the supplied metric from the ReadResponse objects returned by the Jolokia client.
+func generatePoints(metric Metric, responses []ReadResponse) ([]point, []error) {
 	points := make([]point, 0)
 	errors := make([]error, 0)
 

plugins/common/kafka/logger.go

@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ var (
 
 type debugLogger struct{}
 
-func (l *debugLogger) Print(v ...interface{}) {
+func (*debugLogger) Print(v ...interface{}) {
 	log.Trace(v...)
 }
 
-func (l *debugLogger) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+func (*debugLogger) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 	log.Tracef(format, v...)
 }
 

plugins/common/logrus/hook.go

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ func InstallHook() {
 	})
 }
 
-func (h *LogHook) Fire(entry *logrus.Entry) error {
+func (*LogHook) Fire(entry *logrus.Entry) error {
 	msg := strings.ReplaceAll(entry.Message, "\n", " ")
 	log.Print("D! [logrus] ", msg)
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (h *LogHook) Levels() []logrus.Level {
+func (*LogHook) Levels() []logrus.Level {
 	return logrus.AllLevels
 }

plugins/common/mqtt/mqtt_v5.go

@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ func (m *mqttv5Client) Publish(topic string, body []byte) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (m *mqttv5Client) SubscribeMultiple(filters map[string]byte, callback paho.MessageHandler) error {
+func (*mqttv5Client) SubscribeMultiple(filters map[string]byte, callback paho.MessageHandler) error {
 	_, _ = filters, callback
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
-func (m *mqttv5Client) AddRoute(topic string, callback paho.MessageHandler) {
+func (*mqttv5Client) AddRoute(topic string, callback paho.MessageHandler) {
 	_, _ = topic, callback
 	panic("not implemented")
 }

plugins/common/shim/config_test.go

@@ -66,28 +66,22 @@ type testDurationInput struct {
 	Hex      int64        `toml:"hex"`
 }
 
-func (i *testDurationInput) SampleConfig() string {
+func (*testDurationInput) SampleConfig() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (i *testDurationInput) Description() string {
-	return ""
-}
-func (i *testDurationInput) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*testDurationInput) Gather(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
 type testConfigProcessor struct {
 	Loaded string `toml:"loaded"`
 }
 
-func (p *testConfigProcessor) SampleConfig() string {
+func (*testConfigProcessor) SampleConfig() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (p *testConfigProcessor) Description() string {
-	return ""
-}
-func (p *testConfigProcessor) Apply(metrics ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
+func (*testConfigProcessor) Apply(metrics ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
 	return metrics
 }

plugins/common/shim/goshim.go

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func New() *Shim {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *Shim) watchForShutdown(cancel context.CancelFunc) {
+func (*Shim) watchForShutdown(cancel context.CancelFunc) {
 	quit := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(quit, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	go func() {
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ func (s *Shim) writeProcessedMetrics() error {
 }
 
 // LogName satisfies the MetricMaker interface
-func (s *Shim) LogName() string {
+func (*Shim) LogName() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
 // MakeMetric satisfies the MetricMaker interface
-func (s *Shim) MakeMetric(m telegraf.Metric) telegraf.Metric {
+func (*Shim) MakeMetric(m telegraf.Metric) telegraf.Metric {
 	return m // don't need to do anything to it.
 }
 

plugins/common/shim/goshim_test.go

@@ -61,18 +61,18 @@ func runErroringInputPlugin(t *testing.T, interval time.Duration, stdin io.Reade
 type erroringInput struct {
 }
 
-func (i *erroringInput) SampleConfig() string {
+func (*erroringInput) SampleConfig() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (i *erroringInput) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*erroringInput) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	acc.AddError(errors.New("intentional"))
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (i *erroringInput) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*erroringInput) Start(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (i *erroringInput) Stop() {
+func (*erroringInput) Stop() {
 }

plugins/common/shim/input_test.go

@@ -87,14 +87,10 @@ type testInput struct {
 	metricProcessed chan bool
 }
 
-func (i *testInput) SampleConfig() string {
+func (*testInput) SampleConfig() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (i *testInput) Description() string {
-	return "test"
-}
-
 func (i *testInput) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	acc.AddFields("measurement",
 		map[string]interface{}{
@@ -107,11 +103,11 @@ func (i *testInput) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (i *testInput) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*testInput) Start(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (i *testInput) Stop() {
+func (*testInput) Stop() {
 }
 
 type serviceInput struct {
@@ -120,15 +116,11 @@ type serviceInput struct {
 	SecretValue string `toml:"secret_value"`
 }
 
-func (i *serviceInput) SampleConfig() string {
-	return ""
-}
-
-func (i *serviceInput) Description() string {
+func (*serviceInput) SampleConfig() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (i *serviceInput) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*serviceInput) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	acc.AddFields("measurement",
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"field": 1,
@@ -140,9 +132,9 @@ func (i *serviceInput) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (i *serviceInput) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (*serviceInput) Start(telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (i *serviceInput) Stop() {
+func (*serviceInput) Stop() {
 }

plugins/common/shim/output_test.go

@@ -65,21 +65,17 @@ type testOutput struct {
 	MetricsWritten []telegraf.Metric
 }
 
-func (o *testOutput) Connect() error {
+func (*testOutput) Connect() error {
 	return nil
 }
-func (o *testOutput) Close() error {
+func (*testOutput) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 func (o *testOutput) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 	o.MetricsWritten = append(o.MetricsWritten, metrics...)
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (o *testOutput) SampleConfig() string {
-	return ""
-}
-
-func (o *testOutput) Description() string {
+func (*testOutput) SampleConfig() string {
 	return ""
 }

plugins/common/shim/processor_test.go

@@ -108,10 +108,6 @@ func (p *testProcessor) Apply(in ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
 	return in
 }
 
-func (p *testProcessor) SampleConfig() string {
-	return ""
-}
-
-func (p *testProcessor) Description() string {
+func (*testProcessor) SampleConfig() string {
 	return ""
 }

plugins/common/starlark/field_dict.go

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (d FieldDict) String() string {
 	return buf.String()
 }
 
-func (d FieldDict) Type() string {
+func (FieldDict) Type() string {
 	return "Fields"
 }
 
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ func (d FieldDict) Truth() starlark.Bool {
 	return len(d.metric.FieldList()) != 0
 }
 
-func (d FieldDict) Hash() (uint32, error) {
+func (FieldDict) Hash() (uint32, error) {
 	return 0, errors.New("not hashable")
 }
 
 // AttrNames implements the starlark.HasAttrs interface.
-func (d FieldDict) AttrNames() []string {
+func (FieldDict) AttrNames() []string {
 	return builtinAttrNames(FieldDictMethods)
 }
 

plugins/common/starlark/metric.go

@@ -56,24 +56,24 @@ func (m *Metric) String() string {
 	return buf.String()
 }
 
-func (m *Metric) Type() string {
+func (*Metric) Type() string {
 	return "Metric"
 }
 
 func (m *Metric) Freeze() {
 	m.frozen = true
 }
 
-func (m *Metric) Truth() starlark.Bool {
+func (*Metric) Truth() starlark.Bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (m *Metric) Hash() (uint32, error) {
+func (*Metric) Hash() (uint32, error) {
 	return 0, errors.New("not hashable")
 }
 
 // AttrNames implements the starlark.HasAttrs interface.
-func (m *Metric) AttrNames() []string {
+func (*Metric) AttrNames() []string {
 	return []string{"name", "tags", "fields", "time"}
 }
 

plugins/common/starlark/tag_dict.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (d TagDict) String() string {
 	return buf.String()
 }
 
-func (d TagDict) Type() string {
+func (TagDict) Type() string {
 	return "Tags"
 }
 
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ func (d TagDict) Truth() starlark.Bool {
 	return len(d.metric.TagList()) != 0
 }
 
-func (d TagDict) Hash() (uint32, error) {
+func (TagDict) Hash() (uint32, error) {
 	return 0, errors.New("not hashable")
 }
 
 // AttrNames implements the starlark.HasAttrs interface.
-func (d TagDict) AttrNames() []string {
+func (TagDict) AttrNames() []string {
 	return builtinAttrNames(TagDictMethods)
 }
 

plugins/parsers/dropwizard/parser.go

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (p *Parser) Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
 }
 
 // ParseLine is not supported by the dropwizard format
-func (p *Parser) ParseLine(_ string) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
+func (*Parser) ParseLine(string) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("parsing line is not supported by the dropwizard format")
 }
 

plugins/parsers/form_urlencoded/parser.go

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (p Parser) Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
 	}
 
 	tags := p.extractTags(values)
-	fields := p.parseFields(values)
+	fields := parseFields(values)
 
 	for key, value := range p.DefaultTags {
 		tags[key] = value
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (p Parser) extractTags(values url.Values) map[string]string {
 	return tags
 }
 
-func (p Parser) parseFields(values url.Values) map[string]interface{} {
+func parseFields(values url.Values) map[string]interface{} {
 	fields := make(map[string]interface{})
 
 	for key, value := range values {