[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2356) Encoder Cannot Be Null

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Commit 8f0eca6990a584707c0cc7690fc1d325803a5287 in avro's branch refs/heads/master from Beluga Behr
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AVRO-2356: Encoder Cannot Be Null


> Encoder Cannot Be Null
> ----------------------
>
>                 Key: AVRO-2356
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2356
>             Project: Apache Avro
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: java
>    Affects Versions: 1.9.0
>            Reporter: David Mollitor
>            Assignee: David Mollitor
>            Priority: Minor
>
> I was recently doing some debugging and writing tests for Avro and I received the following stack trace:
> {code}
> java.lang.NullPointerException: null of E in field f of R
> 	at org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumWriter.npe(GenericDatumWriter.java:147)
> 	at org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumWriter.writeWithoutConversion(GenericDatumWriter.java:141)
> 	at org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumWriter.write(GenericDatumWriter.java:77)
> 	at org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumWriter.write(GenericDatumWriter.java:64)
> {code}
> That took me quite awhile to decipher.  How about me Avro a library for laypeople.  I propose:
> {code}
> java.lang.NullPointerException: Encoder cannot be null
> 	at java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(Objects.java:228)
> 	at org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumWriter.write(GenericDatumWriter.java:63)
> 	at org.apache.avro.test.basic.ExtendedEnumPerf.encode(ExtendedEnumPerf.java:26)
> {code}



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