Github user ctubbsii commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/159#discussion_r83740194
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core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/iterators/system/SourceSwitchingIterator.java
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@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ private void readNext(boolean initialSeek) throws
IOException {
private boolean switchSource() throws IOException {
if (!source.isCurrent()) {
source = source.getNewDataSource();
+ // if our source actually changed, then attempt to close the
previous iterator
+ try {
+ if (iter != null) {
+ iter.close();
+ }
+ } catch (Exception e) {
+ throw new IOException(e);
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This is a private method. Do we need to wrap exceptions here, or should we
handle it in the caller? It seems we might be converting them to IOExceptions
here, only to have them converted back to RuntimeExceptions later.
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