[HADOOP-8362] Improve exception message when Configuration.set() is called with a null key or value

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.2-alpha
• Component/s: conf
• Labels: newbie
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: madhukara phatak
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 04/May/12 22:56
• Updated: 11/Oct/12 17:45
• Resolved: 15/Jul/12 15:18

Description

Currently, calling Configuration.set(...) with a null value results in a NullPointerException within Properties.setProperty. We should check for null key/value and throw a better exception.