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> Empty value for date and timestamp columns are reading as null when using SDK. if we pass empty value to data and timestamp columns ,it gives null pointer exception
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> Key: CARBONDATA-4061
> URL:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CARBONDATA-4061> Project: CarbonData
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: data-query, other
> Affects Versions: 2.1.0
> Environment: Spark 2.4.5
> Reporter: Chetan Bhat
> Priority: Minor
>
> Empty value for date and timestamp columns are reading as null when using SDK. if we pass empty value to data and timestamp columns ,it gives null pointer exception
>
> 2020-11-27 13:44:20 INFO ResultCollectorFactory:78 - Vector based dictionary collector is used to scan and collect the data
> 2020-11-27 13:44:20 INFO DictionaryBasedVectorResultCollector:73 - Direct page-wise vector fill collector is used to scan and collect the data
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at org.apache.carbondata.sdk.file.CarbonReader.formatDateAndTimeStamp(CarbonReader.java:153)
> at org.apache.carbondata.sdk.file.CarbonReader.readNextRow(CarbonReader.java:126)
> at com.apache.spark.SDKReaderTest.testSDKRederAll_data_types2(SDKReaderTest.java:239)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
> at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50)
> at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
> at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
> at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
> at org.junit.rules.TestWatcher$1.evaluate(TestWatcher.java:55)
> at org.junit.rules.RunRules.evaluate(RunRules.java:20)
> at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)
> at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78)
> at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:57)
> at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
> at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
> at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
> at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
> at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
> at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:26)
> at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)
> at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
> at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137)
> at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:69)
> at com.intellij.rt.junit.IdeaTestRunner$Repeater.startRunnerWithArgs(IdeaTestRunner.java:33)
> at com.intellij.rt.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:220)
> at com.intellij.rt.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:53)
> 2020-11-27 13:44:20 INFO SparkContext:54 - Invoking stop() from shutdown hook
> 2020-11-27 13:44:20 INFO AbstractConnector:343 - Stopped [Spark@22175d4f
> {HTTP/1.1|mailto:Spark@22175d4f%7BHTTP/1.1],[http/1.1]}
> {10.19.36.215:4040}
> 2020-11-27 13:44:20 INFO session:158 - node0 Stopped scavenging