[HADOOP-2081] Configuration getInt, getLong, and getFloat replace invalid numbers with the default value

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.22.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.23.0
• Component/s: conf
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change, Reviewed
• Release Note: Invalid configuration values now result in a number format exception rather than the default value being used.
• Assignee: Harsh J
• Reporter: Owen O'Malley
• Created: 19/Oct/07 20:14
• Updated: 01/Mar/13 09:38
• Resolved: 18/Jul/11 17:03

Description

The current behavior of silently replace invalid numbers in the configuration with the default value leads to hard to diagnose problems. The methods should throw an exception to signal that the input was invalid.