Meilong Huang created HIVE-15329: ------------------------------------ Summary: NullPointerException might occur when create table Key: HIVE-15329 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-15329 Project: Hive Issue Type: Bug Components: Metastore Affects Versions: 2.1.0, 2.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.0.0, 0.9.0, 0.8.0 Reporter: Meilong Huang Assignee: Meilong Huang
NullPointerException might occur when table.getParameters() returns null when method isNonNativeTable is invoked in class MetaStoreUtils. public static boolean isNonNativeTable(Table table) { if (table == null) { return false; } return (table.getParameters().get(hive_metastoreConstants.META_TABLE_STORAGE) != null); } This will cause a stack trace without any suggestive information at client: org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.MetaException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_with_environment_context_result$create_table_with_environment_context_resultStandardScheme.read... -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)