Jeremy Custenborder created KAFKA-9537: ------------------------------------------
Summary: Abstract transformations in configurations cause unfriendly error message. Key: KAFKA-9537 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9537 Project: Kafka Issue Type: Bug Components: KafkaConnect Affects Versions: 2.4.0 Reporter: Jeremy Custenborder Assignee: Jeremy Custenborder I was working with a coworker who had a bash script posting a config to connect with {code:java}org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ExtractField.$Key{code} in the script. Bash removed the $Key because it wasn't escaped properly. {code:java} org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ExtractField.{code} is made it to the rest interface. A Class<?> was create for the abstract implementation of ExtractField and passed to getConfigDefFromTransformation. It tried to call newInstance which threw an exception. The following gets returned via the rest interface. {code} { "error_code": 400, "message": "Connector configuration is invalid and contains the following 1 error(s):\nInvalid value class org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ExtractField for configuration transforms.extractString.type: Error getting config definition from Transformation: null\nYou can also find the above list of errors at the endpoint `/{connectorType}/config/validate`" } {code} It would be a much better user experience if we returned something like {code} { "error_code": 400, "message": "Connector configuration is invalid and contains the following 1 error(s):\nInvalid value class org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ExtractField for configuration transforms.extractString.type: Error getting config definition from Transformation: Transformation is abstract and cannot be created.\nYou can also find the above list of errors at the endpoint `/{connectorType}/config/validate`" } {code} or {code} { "error_code": 400, "message": "Connector configuration is invalid and contains the following 1 error(s):\nInvalid value class org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ExtractField for configuration transforms.extractString.type: Error getting config definition from Transformation: Transformation is abstract and cannot be created. Did you mean ExtractField$Key, ExtractField$Value?\nYou can also find the above list of errors at the endpoint `/{connectorType}/config/validate`" } {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)