[jira] [Created] (HBASE-14525) Append operation throws NullPointerException when appending on non-existing column families.

["Abhishek Kumar (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Abhishek Kumar created HBASE-14525:
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             Summary: Append operation throws NullPointerException when appending on non-existing column families.
                 Key: HBASE-14525
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-14525
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: shell
            Reporter: Abhishek Kumar
            Assignee: Abhishek Kumar
            Priority: Minor


When performing append operation on non-existing column families, NullPointerException is thrown in hbase shell as shown below:

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hbase(main):007:0> append 't1', 'r1', 'none:c1', '123'

ERROR: java.io.IOException
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcServer.call(RpcServer.java:2175)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.CallRunner.run(CallRunner.java:106)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcExecutor.consumerLoop(RpcExecutor.java:130)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcExecutor$1.run(RpcExecutor.java:107)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.doGet(HRegion.java:6987)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.append(HRegion.java:7048)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RSRpcServices.append(RSRpcServices.java:580)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RSRpcServices.mutate(RSRpcServices.java:2206)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.ClientProtos$ClientService$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientProtos.java:32452)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcServer.call(RpcServer.java:2133)
... 4 more

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This seems to be caused by absence of check for valid family names as done in other operations like 'Put' in HRegion.java




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