[HADOOP-8588] SerializationFactory shouldn't throw a NullPointerException if the serializations list is empty

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: io
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Sho Shimauchi
• Reporter: Harsh J
• Created: 11/Jul/12 14:27
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:25
• Resolved: 23/Sep/12 10:34

Description

The SerializationFactory throws an NPE if CommonConfigurationKeys.IO_SERIALIZATIONS_KEY is set to an empty list in the config.

It should rather print a WARN log indicating the serializations list is empty, and start up without any valid serialization classes.