[NIFI-6000] ConvertAvroToORC fails to process Avro type null and rolls back

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: Extensions
• Labels: easyfix
• Assignee: Aleksandr Salatich
• Reporter: Sujesh Menon
• Created: 06/Feb/19 02:24
• Updated: 14/Feb/19 20:10
• Resolved: 14/Feb/19 20:10

Description

The ConvertAvroToORC processor throws an IllegalArgumentException when the input avro data has null types or empty arrays.

ConvertAvroToORC[id=9d22f79d-4ead-3924-df40-2bac4a672055] ConvertAvroToORC[id=9d22f79d-4ead-3924-df40-2bac4a672055] failed to process session due to java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Did not recognize Avro type null; Processor Administratively Yielded for 1 sec: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Did not recognize Avro type null
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Did not recognize Avro type null
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.orc.NiFiOrcUtils.getOrcField(NiFiOrcUtils.java:295)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.orc.NiFiOrcUtils.lambda$getOrcField$11(NiFiOrcUtils.java:284)
at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.orc.NiFiOrcUtils.getOrcField(NiFiOrcUtils.java:281)
at org.apache.nifi.processors.hive.ConvertAvroToORC.lambda$onTrigger$0(ConvertAvroToORC.java:217)
at org.apache.nifi.controller.repository.StandardProcessSession.write(StandardProcessSession.java:2910)
at org.apache.nifi.processors.hive.ConvertAvroToORC.onTrigger(ConvertAvroToORC.java:209)
at org.apache.nifi.processor.AbstractProcessor.onTrigger(AbstractProcessor.java:27)
at org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardProcessorNode.onTrigger(StandardProcessorNode.java:1162)
at org.apache.nifi.controller.tasks.ConnectableTask.invoke(ConnectableTask.java:205)
at org.apache.nifi.controller.scheduling.TimerDrivenSchedulingAgent$1.run(TimerDrivenSchedulingAgent.java:117)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

The flowfile is not transfered to failure as the https://github.com/apache/nifi/blob/412c4908e2c5d79d958b09403c816db57c828179/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hive-bundle/nifi-hive-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/hive/ConvertAvroToORC.java#L286 only catches ProcessException but https://github.com/apache/nifi/blob/412c4908e2c5d79d958b09403c816db57c828179/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hive-bundle/nifi-hive-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/hive/ConvertAvroToORC.java#L217 Throws IllegalArgumentException when the fieldSchema is anything other than hive primitive types.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3302