[FLUME-1271] Incorrect configuration causes NPE

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: Sinks+Sources
• Assignee: Hari Shreedharan
• Reporter: Inder SIngh
• Created: 11/Jun/12 09:56
• Updated: 12/Jun/12 02:17
• Resolved: 12/Jun/12 01:26

Description

Problem Description
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An incorrect configuration something like below can result in NPE in FLUME.

agent1.sources.seqsource.type=seq
#agent1.sources.seqsource.channels=ch1

Exception Details
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2012-06-11 15:08:28,748 ERROR properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider: Failed to load configuration data. Exception follows.
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.flume.conf.properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider.loadSources(PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider.java:324)
at org.apache.flume.conf.properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider.load(PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider.java:222)
at org.apache.flume.conf.file.AbstractFileConfigurationProvider.doLoad(AbstractFileConfigurationProvider.java:123)
at org.apache.flume.conf.file.AbstractFileConfigurationProvider.access$300(AbstractFileConfigurationProvider.java:38)

Cause
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PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider->loadSources() {

...
...
String[] channelNames = context.getString(
BasicConfigurationConstants.CONFIG_CHANNELS).split("
s+");
...
}