[HIVE-6716] ORC struct throws NPE for tables with inner structs having null values

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.13.0, 0.14.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Labels: orcfile
• Assignee: Prasanth Jayachandran
• Reporter: Prasanth Jayachandran
• Created: 21/Mar/14 02:00
• Updated: 24/Mar/14 19:18
• Resolved: 24/Mar/14 19:18

Description

ORCStruct should return null when object passed to getStructFieldsDataAsList(Object obj) is null.

public List<Object> getStructFieldsDataAsList(Object object) {
      OrcStruct struct = (OrcStruct) object;
      List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>(struct.fields.length);

In the above code struct.fields will throw NPE if struct is NULL.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: HIVE-6631 NPE when select a field of a struct from a table stored by ORC