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[jira] [Created] (HADOOP-9497) FileSystem.createFileSystem to convert class instantiation problems to meaningful IOEs

Steve Loughran created HADOOP-9497:
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             Summary: FileSystem.createFileSystem to convert class instantiation problems to meaningful IOEs
                 Key: HADOOP-9497
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-9497
             Project: Hadoop Common
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: fs
            Reporter: Steve Loughran
            Priority: Minor


{{FileSystem.createFileSystem()}} uses {{ReflectionUtils()}} to instantiate a class -which converts all instantiation-related problems to {{RuntimeException}}.

It would be better to
# Catch these in {{FileSystem.createFileSystem()}} and convert to an IOE with some useful message, such as {{"Could not create a FS instance for hdfs://... and class org.apache.hadoop.fs.hdfs.DfsClient : ClassNotFoundException}}.
# Maybe even allow for a conf option for filesystem implementations to provide an actionable message, such as "make sure that hadoop-hdfs is on the classpath"

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