[jira] Updated: (MAPREDUCE-1686) ClassNotFoundException for custom format classes provided in libjars

["Tsz Wo (Nicholas), SZE (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Tsz Wo (Nicholas), SZE updated MAPREDUCE-1686:
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       Assignee: Paul Burkhardt
    Component/s: test

Setting the assignee to Paul.


> ClassNotFoundException for custom format classes provided in libjars
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MAPREDUCE-1686
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-1686
>             Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: contrib/streaming, test
>    Affects Versions: 0.20.1
>            Reporter: Paul Burkhardt
>            Assignee: Paul Burkhardt
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 0.22.0
>
>         Attachments: HADOOP-1686-1.patch, HADOOP-1686-2.patch, HADOOP-1686.patch
>
>
> The StreamUtil::goodClassOrNull method assumes user-provided classes have package names and if not, they are part of the Hadoop Streaming package. For example, using custom InputFormat or OutputFormat classes without package names will fail with a ClassNotFound exception which is not indicative given the classes are provided in the libjars option. Admittedly, most Java packages should have a package name so this should rarely come up.
> Possible resolution options:
> 1) modify the error message to include the actual classname that was attempted in the goodClassOrNull method
> 2) call the Configuration::getClassByName method first and if class not found check for default package name and try the call again
> {code}
>     public static Class goodClassOrNull(Configuration conf, String className, String defaultPackage) {
>         Class clazz = null;
>         try {
>             clazz = conf.getClassByName(className);
>         } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnf) {
>         }
>         if (clazz == null) {
>             if (className.indexOf('.') == -1 && defaultPackage != null) {
>                 className = defaultPackage + "." + className;
>                 try {
>                     clazz = conf.getClassByName(className);
>                 } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnf) {
>                 }
>             }
>         }
>         return clazz;
>     }
> {code}

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