[OAK-7805] getBinaryReferences() may return null when using the split persistence

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.10.0, 1.9.9
• Component/s: segment-tar
• Assignee: Tomek Rękawek
• Reporter: Tomek Rękawek
• Created: 04/Oct/18 08:51
• Updated: 12/Oct/18 13:30
• Resolved: 04/Oct/18 11:08

Description

When the new SplitPersistence is used for the SegmentMK, the getBinaryReferences() method may sometimes break the contract and return null. It will happen for the reader referencing an archive which hasn't been closed yet by another Oak instance (and therefore missing the .brf entry).

Since the .brf file is unavailable in this case, we should at least return a valid, empty binary references structure.