[FLUME-1160] ComponentConfigurationFactory catches NullPointerException

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: Configuration
• Assignee: Hari Shreedharan
• Reporter: Brock Noland
• Created: 28/Apr/12 16:46
• Updated: 29/Apr/12 15:11
• Resolved: 29/Apr/12 14:49

Description

Catching NPE and then returning null is super hard to debug when there is an actual bug. We should put the appropriate null checks in place so we don't have to catch NPE.