[CASSANDRA-4145] NullPointerException when using sstableloader with PropertyFileSnitch configured

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.10, 1.1.0
• Component/s: Legacy/Tools
• Labels: bulkloader
• Severity: Low
• Assignee: Ji Cheng Assign to me
• Reporter: Ji Cheng

Authors

Ji Cheng

Reviewers

Jonathan Ellis

• Created: 13/Apr/12 07:08
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:32
• Resolved: 13/Apr/12 15:33

Description

I got a NullPointerException when using sstableloader on 1.0.6. The cluster is using PropertyFileSnitch. The same configuration file is used for sstableloader.

The problem is if StorageService is initialized before DatabaseDescriptor, PropertyFileSnitch will try to access StorageService.instance before it finishes initialization.

 ERROR 01:14:05,601 Fatal configuration error
org.apache.cassandra.config.ConfigurationException: Error instantiating snitch class 'org.apache.cassandra.locator.PropertyFileSnitch'.
        at org.apache.cassandra.utils.FBUtilities.construct(FBUtilities.java:607)
        at org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.createEndpointSnitch(DatabaseDescriptor.java:454)
        at org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.<clinit>(DatabaseDescriptor.java:306)
        at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.<init>(StorageService.java:187)
        at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.<clinit>(StorageService.java:190)
        at org.apache.cassandra.tools.BulkLoader$ExternalClient.init(BulkLoader.java:183)
        at org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.SSTableLoader.stream(SSTableLoader.java:106)
        at org.apache.cassandra.tools.BulkLoader.main(BulkLoader.java:62)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.cassandra.utils.FBUtilities.construct(FBUtilities.java:589)
        ... 7 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.cassandra.locator.PropertyFileSnitch.reloadConfiguration(PropertyFileSnitch.java:170)
        at org.apache.cassandra.locator.PropertyFileSnitch.<init>(PropertyFileSnitch.java:60)
        ... 12 more
Error instantiating snitch class 'org.apache.cassandra.locator.PropertyFileSnitch'.
Fatal configuration error; unable to start server.  See log for stacktrace.