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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 04:56:16 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Todd Lipcon (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] [Created] (HBASE-4065) TableOutputFormat ignores failure to
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TableOutputFormat ignores failure to create table instance
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                 Key: HBASE-4065
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-4065
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 0.90.3
            Reporter: Todd Lipcon
             Fix For: 0.90.4


If TableOutputFormat in the new API fails to create a table, it simply logs this at ERROR level and then continues on its way. Then, the first write() to the table will throw a NPE since table hasn't been set.

Instead, it should probably rethrow the exception as a RuntimeException in setConf, or do what the old-API TOF does and not create the HTable instance until getRecordWriter, where it can throw an IOE.

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