[HADOOP-10876] The constructor of Path should not take an empty URL as a parameter

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Target Version/s: 2.6.0
• Release Note: Paths can no longer be constructed from a null or empty URI. This matches the behavior of the Path(String) constructor, which disallows null or empty Strings.
• Assignee: Zhihai Xu
• Reporter: Zhihai Xu
• Created: 22/Jul/14 17:44
• Updated: 08/Aug/14 15:21
• Resolved: 08/Aug/14 01:40

Description

The constructor of Path should not take an empty URL as a parameter, As discussed in HADOOP-10820, This JIRA is to change Path constructor at public Path(URI aUri) to check the empty URI and throw IllegalArgumentException for empty URI.