[HBASE-16655] hbase backup describe with incorrect backup id results in NPE

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Labels: backup
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Ted Yu
• Reporter: Ted Yu
• Created: 19/Sep/16 17:32
• Updated: 20/Sep/16 00:58
• Resolved: 19/Sep/16 22:03

Description

If the user supplies backup Id which is non-existent, we would get NullPointerException :

2016-09-19 10:26:50,771 ERROR [main] backup.BackupDriver(173): Error running command-line tool
java.lang.NullPointerException
  at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.impl.BackupCommands$DescribeCommand.execute(BackupCommands.java:329)
  at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupDriver.parseAndRun(BackupDriver.java:114)
  at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupDriver.doWork(BackupDriver.java:135)
  at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupDriver.run(BackupDriver.java:171)
  at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:70)
  at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.TestBackupDescribe.testBackupDescribe(TestBackupDescribe.java:67)