Hi,
I'm using hive metastore api(org.apache.hive.hive-metastore-2.1.0.jar) to
create table, when I do not specify the location uri, it works fine:
```
HiveConf c = new HiveConf();
c.set("hive.metastore.uris", "thrift://xx.xx.xx.xx:9083");
HiveMetaStoreClient client = new HiveMetaStoreClient(c);
Table table = new Table();
table.setDbName("default");
table.setTableName("dmx4");
StorageDescriptor sd = new StorageDescriptor();
List<FieldSchema> cols = new ArrayList<FieldSchema>();
FieldSchema f1 = new FieldSchema("id", "int", "id");
FieldSchema f2 = new FieldSchema("name", "string", "name");
cols.add(f1);
cols.add(f2);
sd.setCols(cols);
//sd.setLocation("hdfs://user/hive/warehouse/mx");
sd.setInputFormat("org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat");
sd.setOutputFormat("org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat");
SerDeInfo serdeInfo = new SerDeInfo();
serdeInfo.setSerializationLib("org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe");
Map<String, String> serdeParameters = new HashMap<String, String>();
serdeParameters.put("field.delim", ",");
serdeInfo.setParameters(serdeParameters);
sd.setSerdeInfo(serdeInfo);
table.setSd(sd);
table.setOwner("root");
table.setTableType("MANAGED_TABLE");
client.createTable(table);
```
But it throws NPE when I specify the location uri:
```
HiveConf c = new HiveConf();
c.set("hive.metastore.uris", "thrift://xx.xx.xx.xx:9083");
HiveMetaStoreClient client = new HiveMetaStoreClient(c);
Table table = new Table();
table.setDbName("default");
table.setTableName("dmx4");
StorageDescriptor sd = new StorageDescriptor();
List<FieldSchema> cols = new ArrayList<FieldSchema>();
FieldSchema f1 = new FieldSchema("id", "int", "id");
FieldSchema f2 = new FieldSchema("name", "string", "name");
cols.add(f1);
cols.add(f2);
sd.setCols(cols);
sd.setLocation("hdfs://user/hive/warehouse/mx");
sd.setInputFormat("org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat");
sd.setOutputFormat("org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat");
SerDeInfo serdeInfo = new SerDeInfo();
serdeInfo.setSerializationLib("org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe");
Map<String, String> serdeParameters = new HashMap<String, String>();
serdeParameters.put("field.delim", ",");
serdeInfo.setParameters(serdeParameters);
sd.setSerdeInfo(serdeInfo);
table.setSd(sd);
table.setOwner("root");
table.setTableType("MANAGED_TABLE");
client.createTable(table);
```
stack trace:
```
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(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:41498)
~[org.apache.hive.hive-metastore-2.1.0.jar:2.1.0]
at
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_with_environment_context_result$create_table_with_environment_context_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:41466)
~[org.apache.hive.hive-metastore-2.1.0.jar:2.1.0]
at
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_with_environment_context_result.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:41392)
~[org.apache.hive.hive-metastore-2.1.0.jar:2.1.0]
at org.apache.thrift.TServiceClient.receiveBase(TServiceClient.java:86)
~[org.apache.thrift.libthrift-0.9.3.jar:0.9.3]
at
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.recv_create_table_with_environment_context(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1183)
~[org.apache.hive.hive-metastore-2.1.0.jar:2.1.0]
at
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.create_table_with_environment_context(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1169)
~[org.apache.hive.hive-metastore-2.1.0.jar:2.1.0]
at
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:2323)
~[org.apache.hive.hive-metastore-2.1.0.jar:2.1.0]
at
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:736)
~[org.apache.hive.hive-metastore-2.1.0.jar:2.1.0]
at
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:724)
~[org.apache.hive.hive-metastore-2.1.0.jar:2.1.0]
```
Is this a bug? Do you have any idea?
