Is it guaranteed that setConf(... will be called before any method gets invoked ? In this case filter(....
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Markus Jelsma <[email protected]>wrote: > That's because the object is not set in the constructor. You can access > Configuration after setConf() is called. So defer your work in the > constructor to this method. > > public void setConf(Configuration conf) { > this.conf = conf; > } > > > > -----Original message----- > > From:Sourajit Basak <[email protected]> > > Sent: Fri 16-Nov-2012 11:28 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: custom plugin's constructor unable to access hadoop conf > > > > In my custom HtmlParseFilter plugin, I am getting a NPE on trying to > access > > the hadoop Configuration object in the plugin constructor. Is this a > known > > behavior ? > > >
