[HDFS-6140] WebHDFS cannot create a file with spaces in the name after HA failover changes.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.0
• Component/s: webhdfs
• Target Version/s: 2.4.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Chris Nauroth
• Reporter: Chris Nauroth
• Created: 21/Mar/14 21:20
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:17
• Resolved: 22/Mar/14 05:48

Description

Attempting to create a file with spaces in the name through WebHDFS now fails with an IllegalArgumentException while attempting to construct a URI. This had been fixed earlier in HDFS-4944. The failure now is a regression introduced by HDFS-6100.

Issue Links

• is broken by: HDFS-6100 DataNodeWebHdfsMethods does not failover in HA mode
• is related to: HDFS-6141 WebHdfsFileSystem#toUrl does not perform character escaping.
• relates to: HDFS-4944 WebHDFS cannot create a file path containing characters that must be URI-encoded, such as space.