[jira] [Commented] (HADOOP-8056) Configuration doesn't pass empty string values to tasks

["Harsh J (Commented) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Harsh J commented on HADOOP-8056:
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Luca,

Could you also tell us if this is a regression, or a bug report as you feel the behavior should be different?
                
> Configuration doesn't pass empty string values to tasks
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-8056
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8056
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: conf
>    Affects Versions: 0.20.2, 1.0.0
>            Reporter: Luca Pireddu
>
> If I assign an *empty string* as a value to a property in a JobConf 'job' while I'm preparing it to run, the Configuration does store that value.  I can retrieve it later while in the same process and the value is maintained.
> However, if then call JobClient.runJob(job), the Configuration that is received by the Map and Reduce tasks doesn't contain the property, and calling JobConf.get with that property name returns null (instead of an empty string).  Futher, if I inspect the job's configuration via Hadoop's web interface, the property isn't present.
> It seems as if whatever serialization mechanism that is used to transmit the Configuration from the job client to the tasks discards properties with "" value.

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