[HIVE-9024] NullPointerException when starting webhcat server if templeton.hive.properties is not set

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.14.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.2, 1.1.0
• Component/s: WebHCat
• Assignee: Na Yang
• Reporter: Na Yang
• Created: 04/Dec/14 23:38
• Updated: 10/Aug/15 22:18
• Resolved: 06/Dec/14 16:34

Description

If templeton.hive.properties is not set, when starting webhcat server, the following NullPointerException is thrown and webhcat server could not start:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.templeton.AppConfig.hiveProps(AppConfig.java:318)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.templeton.AppConfig.handleHiveProperties(AppConfig.java:194)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.templeton.AppConfig.init(AppConfig.java:175)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.templeton.AppConfig.<init>(AppConfig.java:155)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.templeton.Main.loadConfig(Main.java:96)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.templeton.Main.init(Main.java:80)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.templeton.Main.<init>(Main.java:75)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.templeton.Main.main(Main.java:267)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:197)