[PIG-2903] passing an empty string parameter cause a Encountered <EOF> parse exception

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.1
• Component/s: parser
• Labels: newbie
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ido Hadanny
• Created: 04/Sep/12 12:08
• Updated: 01/Oct/12 18:16
• Resolved: 01/Oct/12 18:16

Description

when passing an empty string parameter such as my_param=""
you get:

Encountered "<EOF>" at line 1, column 8.
Was expecting one of:
<IDENTIFIER> ...
<OTHER> ...
<LITERAL> ...
<SHELLCMD> ...

at org.apache.pig.tools.parameters.ParamLoader.generateParseException(ParamLoader.java:244)
at org.apache.pig.tools.parameters.ParamLoader.jj_consume_token(ParamLoader.java:182)
at org.apache.pig.tools.parameters.ParamLoader.Parse(ParamLoader.java:66)
at org.apache.pig.tools.parameters.ParameterSubstitutionPreprocessor.loadParamsFromCmdline(ParameterSubstitutionPreprocessor.java:144)
at org.apache.pig.tools.parameters.ParameterSubstitutionPreprocessor.genSubstitutedFile(ParameterSubstitutionPreprocessor.java:80)