[jira] [Commented] (HBASE-4065) TableOutputFormat ignores failure to create table instance

["Ted Yu (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Ted Yu commented on HBASE-4065:
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In mapred/TableOutputFormat.java:
{code}
    } catch(IOException e) {
      LOG.error(e);
      throw e;
    }
{code}
Should we make their behavior consistent ?

> TableOutputFormat ignores failure to create table instance
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HBASE-4065
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-4065
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 0.90.3
>            Reporter: Todd Lipcon
>            Assignee: Brock Noland
>             Fix For: 0.94.0
>
>         Attachments: HBASE-4065.1.patch
>
>
> If TableOutputFormat in the new API fails to create a table, it simply logs this at ERROR level and then continues on its way. Then, the first write() to the table will throw a NPE since table hasn't been set.
> Instead, it should probably rethrow the exception as a RuntimeException in setConf, or do what the old-API TOF does and not create the HTable instance until getRecordWriter, where it can throw an IOE.

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