[HBASE-6021] NullPointerException when running LoadTestTool without specifying compression type

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.94.1, 0.95.2
• Fix Version/s: 0.94.1, 0.95.0
• Component/s: util

Environment

Hadoop 1.0.2, HBase 0.94.0

• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Reporter: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Created: 16/May/12 18:44
• Updated: 26/Feb/13 08:15
• Resolved: 17/May/12 22:57

Description

If you don't specify a compression type on the LoadTestTool command line then this happens:

12/05/16 18:41:23 ERROR util.AbstractHBaseTool: Error running command-line tool
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor.setCompressionType(HColumnDescriptor.java:535)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility.createPreSplitLoadTestTable(HBaseTestingUtility.java:1885)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.LoadTestTool.doWork(LoadTestTool.java:297)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.AbstractHBaseTool.run(AbstractHBaseTool.java:103)
	at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.AbstractHBaseTool.doStaticMain(AbstractHBaseTool.java:173)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.LoadTestTool.main(LoadTestTool.java:341)

This should be handled better.

Issue Links

• is blocked by: HBASE-5124 Backport LoadTestTool to 0.92