[HIVE-16567] NPE when reading Parquet file when getting old timestamp configuration

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: Hive
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Matt McCline
• Created: 02/May/17 20:37
• Updated: 02/May/17 22:30

Description

In branch-1.2, the file ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/io/parquet/convert/ETypeConverter.java throws an NPE on line 148:

         boolean skipConversion = Boolean.valueOf(metadata.get(HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVE_PARQUET_TIMESTAMP_SKIP_CONVERSION.varname));

when the metadata reference is null.