[HBASE-1079] Dumb NPE in ServerCallable hides the RetriesExhausted exception.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.18.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.19.0
• Assignee: Jean-Daniel Cryans
• Reporter: Jean-Daniel Cryans
• Created: 22/Dec/08 13:31
• Updated: 28/Dec/09 19:24
• Resolved: 22/Dec/08 13:37

Description

From the list (and this is something I've already seen) :

NativeException: java.lang.NullPointerException: null
from org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ServerCallable.java:71:in `getRegio
Name'
from org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java:863:in `get
egionServerWithRetries'
from org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/MetaScanner.java:56:in `metaScan'
from org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/MetaScanner.java:30:in `metaScan'
from org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java:297:in `lis
Tables'
from org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java:117:in `listTables'

This is