[KAFKA-1465] kafka-reassign-partitions.sh fails when topic name contains dash/hyphen

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.0.0
• Component/s: tools
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adrian Muraru
• Created: 22/May/14 10:54
• Updated: 19/Jun/15 06:53
• Resolved: 19/Jun/15 06:53

Description

./bin/kafka-reassign-partitions.sh --topics-to-move-json-file ~/rebalance-topic.json --broker-list "18,19" --zookeeper $ZK_QUORUM --execute

Partitions reassignment failed due to Can't parse json string: null
kafka.common.KafkaException: Can't parse json string: null
	at kafka.utils.Json$.liftedTree1$1(Json.scala:36)
	at kafka.utils.Json$.parseFull(Json.scala:32)
	at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$$anonfun$getReplicaAssignmentForTopics$1.apply(ZkUtils.scala:529)
	at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$$anonfun$getReplicaAssignmentForTopics$1.apply(ZkUtils.scala:525)
	at scala.collection.LinearSeqOptimized$class.foreach(LinearSeqOptimized.scala:61)
	at scala.collection.immutable.List.foreach(List.scala:45)
	at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.getReplicaAssignmentForTopics(ZkUtils.scala:525)
	at kafka.admin.ReassignPartitionsCommand$.main(ReassignPartitionsCommand.scala:112)
	at kafka.admin.ReassignPartitionsCommand.main(ReassignPartitionsCommand.scala)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at scala.util.parsing.combinator.lexical.Scanners$Scanner.<init>(Scanners.scala:52)
	at scala.util.parsing.json.JSON$.parseRaw(JSON.scala:71)
	at scala.util.parsing.json.JSON$.parseFull(JSON.scala:85)
	at kafka.utils.Json$.liftedTree1$1(Json.scala:33)
	... 8 more

rebalance-topic.json

{"topics":
     [{"topic": "metrics-logs"}],
     "version":1
}