[HADOOP-2151] FileSyste.globPaths does not validate the return list of Paths

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.14.3, 0.15.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.16.0
• Assignee: Lohit Vijaya Renu
• Reporter: Lohit Vijaya Renu
• Created: 05/Nov/07 23:23
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 16:42
• Resolved: 12/Nov/07 19:41

Description

FileSystem.globPaths does not validate the return list of Paths.

Here is an example.
Consider a directory structure like
/user/foo/DIR1/FILE1
/user/foo/DIR2

now if we pass an input path like "/user/foo/*/FILE1" to FileSystem.globPaths()
It returns 2 entries as shown below
/user/foo/DIR1/FILE1
/user/foo/DIR2/FILE1

Should globPaths validate this and return only valid Paths? This behavior was caught in FileSystem.validateInput() where an IOException is thrown while processing such a directory structure.