[PIG-2509] Util.getSchemaFromString fails with java.lang.NullPointerException when a tuple in a bag has no name (as when used in MongoStorage UDF)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.10.0, 0.11
• Component/s: piggybank
• Labels: fun happy mongo pants sad udf util

Environment

No, genetics!

• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Jonathan Coveney
• Reporter: Russell Jurney
• Created: 06/Feb/12 21:56
• Updated: 25/Jul/12 04:04
• Resolved: 01/Mar/12 23:42

Description

The MongoStorage UDF ( https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-hadoop ) fails on its call to Util.getSchemaFromString when a tuple is not named. The call succeeds when the tuple is explicitly named. As tuple naming is optional, this is a bug.

See http://www.mail-archive.com/user%40pig.apache.org/msg04199.html and http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40pig.apache.org/msg08016.html

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