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Raghu Angadi commented on HADOOP-5700: -------------------------------------- +1 for javadoc fix. Regd throwing a runtime exception, is it really different from NPE? Wouldn't any runtime exception in NN indicate a bug in NN? Can a user commad/usercode actually trigger this NPE? If yes, then it probably should be regular error (IOException etc) rather than a runtime exception. How did you notice this NPE? > INode.getPathComponents throws NPE when given a non-absolute path > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-5700 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-5700 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: Bug > Components: dfs > Reporter: Todd Lipcon > Assignee: Todd Lipcon > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 0.21.0 > > Attachments: HADOOP-5700.txt > > > If you pass a path that doesn't start with '/' to INode.getPathComponents, it > throws a NullPointerException. Instead it should throw > IllegalArgumentException to make it clear that absolute paths are required in > this code. > The attached patch fixes this, clarifies, the javadoc, and adds a test case. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.