[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-1198) Malformed Avro data may cause confusing ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

["Mike Percy (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Mike Percy commented on AVRO-1198:
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Doug, this looks good to me. I suppose we should add a unit test for this scenario as well.
                
> Malformed Avro data may cause confusing ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
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>
>                 Key: AVRO-1198
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1198
>             Project: Avro
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: java
>    Affects Versions: 1.7.2
>            Reporter: Mike Percy
>            Assignee: Mike Percy
>             Fix For: 1.7.3
>
>         Attachments: AVRO-1198-1.patch, AVRO-1198.patch
>
>
> I am currently debugging an issue where I am getting an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException from the decoder while reading some Avro data. Turns out that the integer indicating number of bytes to read next is negative. It would be better if a more helpful error message were provided.

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