Karthik Palaniappan created HDFS-9302: -----------------------------------------
Summary: WebHDFS throws NullPointerException if newLength is not provided Key: HDFS-9302 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-9302 Project: Hadoop HDFS Issue Type: Bug Components: HDFS Affects Versions: 2.7.1 Environment: Centos6 Reporter: Karthik Palaniappan Priority: Minor $ curl -X POST "http://namenode:50070/webhdfs/v1/foo?op=truncate" {"RemoteException":{"exception":"NullPointerException","javaClassName":"java.lang.NullPointerException","message":null}} We should change newLength to be a required parameter in the webhdfs documentation (https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r2.7.1/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-hdfs/WebHDFS.html#New_Length), and throw an IllegalArgumentException if isn't provided. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)