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[jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-6180) AbstractConfig.getList() should never return null

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-6180?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16242570#comment-16242570 ] 

ASF GitHub Bot commented on KAFKA-6180:
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GitHub user lahabana opened a pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/4188

    KAFKA-6180: AbstractConfig.getList() should never return null

      Return an empty list instead of null to make handling these easier

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    $ git pull https://github.com/lahabana/kafka kafka6180

Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at:

    https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/4188.patch

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    This closes #4188
    
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commit a5ef570a5ee472c52b7adfd20c2cc315008fad48
Author: cmolter <cm...@apple.com>
Date:   2017-11-07T18:18:47Z

    KAFKA-6180: AbstractConfig.getList() should never return null
    
      Return an empty list instead of null to make handling these easier

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> AbstractConfig.getList() should never return null
> -------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: KAFKA-6180
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-6180
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: config
>    Affects Versions: 0.10.1.0, 0.10.1.1, 0.10.2.0, 0.10.2.1, 0.11.0.0, 1.0.0
>            Reporter: Charly Molter
>            Priority: Trivial
>
> AbstractConfig.getList returns null if the property is unset and there's no default.
> This creates a lot of cases where we need to do null checks (and remember them).
> It's good practice to just return an empty list as usually code naturally handles empty lists.



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