[HADOOP-13925] S3Guard: NPE when table is already populated in dynamodb and user specifies "fs.s3a.s3guard.ddb.table.create=false"

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Component/s: fs/s3
• Target Version/s: 2.9.0
• Assignee: Mingliang Liu
• Reporter: Rajesh Balamohan
• Created: 21/Dec/16 08:46
• Updated: 09/Mar/17 00:27
• Resolved: 22/Dec/16 01:37

Description

When table is present dynamodb store and already populated, it is possible that users can specify fs.s3a.s3guard.ddb.table.create=false. In such cases, DynamoDBMetadataStore.get would end up throwing NPE as table object may not be initialized.

Issue Links

• duplicates: HADOOP-13908 S3Guard: Existing tables may not be initialized correctly in DynamoDBMetadataStore