[KAFKA-785] Resolve bugs in PreferredReplicaLeaderElection admin tool

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0
• Labels: kafka-0.8 p2
• Assignee: Sriram
• Reporter: Swapnil Ghike
• Created: 04/Mar/13 22:11
• Updated: 05/Mar/13 17:39
• Resolved: 05/Mar/13 17:39

Description

1. Since we run the preferred replica election on all partitions if the jsonFile is empty, the jsonFileOpt should not be checked in the code as a required option.
2. We should not pass "" to Utils.readFileAsString
3. KAFKA-780

Sub-Tasks

• Reassign partitions tool produces NPE in shutdown handler: Closed