[HIVE-10492] HCatClient.dropPartitions() should check its partition-spec arguments.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Patch Available
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.0
• Component/s: API, HCatalog
• Assignee: Mithun Radhakrishnan
• Reporter: Mithun Radhakrishnan
• Created: 27/Apr/15 03:42
• Updated: 27/Apr/15 07:30

Description

HCatClient.dropPartitions() doesn't check the arguments in the partition-spec. This can lead to a RuntimeException when partition-keys are specified incorrectly.

We should check the arguments a priori and throw a descriptive IllegalArgumentException.