[HDFS-2428] webhdfs api parameter validation should be better

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.20.205.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.23.0, 1.0.0
• Component/s: webhdfs
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Tsz-wo Sze
• Reporter: Arpit Gupta
• Created: 10/Oct/11 20:52
• Updated: 16/Mar/15 18:03
• Resolved: 13/Oct/11 21:18

Description

PUT Request: http://localhost:50070/webhdfs/some_path?op=MKDIRS&permission=955

Exception returned

HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
{"RemoteException":{"className":"com.sun.jersey.api.ParamException$QueryParamException","message":"java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: \"955\""}}

We should return a 400 with appropriate error message