[jira] [Created] (CALCITE-4409) Improve exception when RelBuilder tries to create a field on a non-struct expression

["Ruben Q L (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Ruben Q L created CALCITE-4409:
----------------------------------

             Summary: Improve exception when RelBuilder tries to create a field on a non-struct expression
                 Key: CALCITE-4409
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-4409
             Project: Calcite
          Issue Type: Task
          Components: core
            Reporter: Ruben Q L
             Fix For: 1.27.0


A simple test like this (to added in RelBuilderTest), where {{RelBuilder#field(RexNode e, String name)}} is called and the first parameter's type is not a struct:
{code}
  @Test void test() {
    final RelBuilder builder = RelBuilder.create(config().build());
    builder.scan("EMP")
        .project(
            builder.field(builder.field("EMPNO"), "abc"))
        .build();
  }
{code}

Fails with a NPE:
{noformat}
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.calcite.rel.type.RelDataTypeImpl.getField(RelDataTypeImpl.java:82)
	at org.apache.calcite.rex.RexBuilder.makeFieldAccess(RexBuilder.java:182)
	at org.apache.calcite.tools.RelBuilder.field(RelBuilder.java:502)
{noformat}

This situation could be handled with a more gracefully exit and a more useful exception message.



--
This message was sent by Atlassian Jira
(v8.3.4#803005)