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[jira] [Updated] (HADOOP-16296) MiniKdc() throws a RuntimeException when it fails to create its workDir

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-16296?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

eBugs updated HADOOP-16296:
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    Description: 
Dear Hadoop developers, we are developing a tool to detect exception-related bugs in Java. Our prototype has spotted the following {{throw}} statement whose exception class and error message indicate different error conditions.

 

Version: Hadoop-3.1.2

File: HADOOP-ROOT/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/minikdc/MiniKdc.java

Line: 223
{code:java}
throw new RuntimeException("Cannot create directory " + this.workDir);{code}
 

{{RuntimeException}} is usually used to represent errors in the program logic (think of one of its subclasses, {{NullPointerException}}), while the error message indicates that {{MiniKdc()}} can't create the directory {{workDir}}. This mismatch could be a problem. For example, the callers may miss the case where {{MiniKdc()}} fails to create the directory. Or, the callers trying to handle other {{RuntimeException}} may accidentally (and incorrectly) handle the directory creation failure. Maybe throwing an {{IOException}} is better here.

  was:
Dear Hadoop developers, we are developing a tool to detect exception-related bugs in Java. Our prototype has spotted the following {{throw}} statement whose exception class and error message indicate different error conditions.

 

Version: Hadoop-3.1.2

File: HADOOP-ROOT/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/minikdc/MiniKdc.java

Line: 223
{code:java}
throw new RuntimeException("Allocation file " + url
    + " found on the classpath is not on the local filesystem.");{code}
 

{{RuntimeException}} is usually used to represent errors in the program logic (think of one of its subclasses, {{NullPointerException}}), while the error message indicates that {{MiniKdc()}} can't create the directory {{workDir}}. This mismatch could be a problem. For example, the callers may miss the case where {{MiniKdc()}} fails to create the directory. Or, the callers trying to handle other {{RuntimeException}} may accidentally (and incorrectly) handle the directory creation failure. Maybe throwing an {{IOException}} is better here.


> MiniKdc() throws a RuntimeException when it fails to create its workDir
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-16296
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-16296
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: eBugs
>            Priority: Minor
>
> Dear Hadoop developers, we are developing a tool to detect exception-related bugs in Java. Our prototype has spotted the following {{throw}} statement whose exception class and error message indicate different error conditions.
>  
> Version: Hadoop-3.1.2
> File: HADOOP-ROOT/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/minikdc/MiniKdc.java
> Line: 223
> {code:java}
> throw new RuntimeException("Cannot create directory " + this.workDir);{code}
>  
> {{RuntimeException}} is usually used to represent errors in the program logic (think of one of its subclasses, {{NullPointerException}}), while the error message indicates that {{MiniKdc()}} can't create the directory {{workDir}}. This mismatch could be a problem. For example, the callers may miss the case where {{MiniKdc()}} fails to create the directory. Or, the callers trying to handle other {{RuntimeException}} may accidentally (and incorrectly) handle the directory creation failure. Maybe throwing an {{IOException}} is better here.



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