diff --git a/storage-api/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/io/sarg/SearchArgumentImpl.java b/storage-api/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/io/sarg/SearchArgumentImpl.java index 8aa97d9bec8..c2b7c4aed7c 100644 --- a/storage-api/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/io/sarg/SearchArgumentImpl.java +++ b/storage-api/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/io/sarg/SearchArgumentImpl.java @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayDeque; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Arrays; +import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Deque; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.HashSet; @@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public Object getLiteral() { } } catch (NoDynamicValuesException err) { LOG.debug("Error while retrieving literalList, returning null", err); - return null; + return Collections.emptyList(); } return newLiteraList; }