[HIVE-7452] Boolean comparison is done through reference equality rather than using equals

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.14.0
• Assignee: KangHS
• Reporter: Ted Yu
• Created: 19/Jul/14 03:49
• Updated: 13/Nov/14 19:39
• Resolved: 08/Aug/14 15:23

Description

In Driver#doAuthorization():

        if (tbl != null && !tableAuthChecked.contains(tbl.getTableName()) &&
            !(tableUsePartLevelAuth.get(tbl.getTableName()) == Boolean.TRUE)) {

The above comparison should be done using .equals() method.
The comparison below doesn't evaluate to true:

    Boolean b = new Boolean(true);
    if (b == Boolean.TRUE) {