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ASF GitHub Bot commented on KAFKA-7052: --------------------------------------- rhauch commented on pull request #8059: KAFKA-7052 Avoiding NPE in ExtractField SMT in case of non-existent fields URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/8059 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org > ExtractField SMT throws NPE - needs clearer error message > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-7052 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-7052 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: KafkaConnect > Reporter: Robin Moffatt > Priority: Major > > With the following Single Message Transform: > {code:java} > "transforms.ExtractId.type":"org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ExtractField$Key", > "transforms.ExtractId.field":"id"{code} > Kafka Connect errors with : > {code:java} > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ExtractField.apply(ExtractField.java:61) > at > org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.TransformationChain.apply(TransformationChain.java:38){code} > There should be a better error message here, identifying the reason for the > NPE. > Version: Confluent Platform 4.1.1 -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)