[GIRAPH-30] NPE in ZooKeeperManager if base directory cannot be created

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.1.0
• Assignee: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Reporter: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Created: 11/Sep/11 00:52
• Updated: 31/Jan/12 23:26
• Resolved: 14/Sep/11 03:53

Description

If the base directory cannot be created, for example if running on secure Hadoop and the user home directory does not exist, ZooKeeperManager will throw an NPE when trying to list it. It would be better to throw an IOException with an informative message.