[HBASE-6263] Use default mode for HBase Thrift gateway if not specified

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.94.0, 0.95.2
• Fix Version/s: 0.94.2
• Component/s: Thrift
• Release Note: The Thrift gateway no longer requires specification on the command line of an implementation type when starting. If missing, the default "threadpool" implementation will be selected.
• Assignee: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Reporter: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Created: 22/Jun/12 23:33
• Updated: 05/Aug/14 20:11
• Resolved: 15/Aug/12 19:31

Description

The Thrift gateway should start with a default mode if one is not selected. Currently, instead we see:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError: Exactly one option out of [-hsha, -nonblocking, -threadpool, -threadedselector] has to be specified
	at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.ThriftServerRunner$ImplType.setServerImpl(ThriftServerRunner.java:201)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.ThriftServer.processOptions(ThriftServer.java:169)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.ThriftServer.doMain(ThriftServer.java:85)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.ThriftServer.main(ThriftServer.java:192)

See also BIGTOP-648.

Issue Links

• duplicates: HBASE-6166 Allow thrift to start wih the server type specified in config
• is depended upon by: BIGTOP-960 Remove workaround for HBASE-6263 in hbase-thrift start
• relates to: BIGTOP-648 hbase-thrift cannot be started properly