[KUDU-1747] AlterTableOptions.addColumns() API has wrong semantics wrt nullability and default values

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Code Review: http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/5132
• Assignee: William Berkeley
• Reporter: Dimitris Tsirogiannis
• Created: 15/Nov/16 06:52
• Updated: 07/Dec/16 16:43
• Resolved: 07/Dec/16 16:43

Description

The AlterTableOptions class specifies two addColumn() calls in the Java client API. The first assumes the added column is non-nullable and hence requires a default value. The second assumes that a nullable column should not have a default value. However, the semantics of the second addColumn() call are not correct as nullability shouldn't preclude the use of a default value.