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ASF GitHub Bot updated FLINK-8497: ---------------------------------- Labels: pull-request-available (was: ) > KafkaConsumer throws NPE if topic doesn't exist > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-8497 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-8497 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Kafka Connector > Affects Versions: 1.4.0 > Reporter: chris snow > Assignee: Aleksei Lesnov > Priority: Minor > Labels: pull-request-available > > If I accidentally set the kafka consumer with a topic that doesn't exist: > {code:java} > FlinkKafkaConsumer011 kafkaConsumer = new FlinkKafkaConsumer011( > "does_not_exist", > new JSONKeyValueDeserializationSchema(false), > properties > ); > DataStream<String> input = env.addSource(kafkaConsumer);{code} > Flink throws NPE > {code:java} > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.kafka.internal.Kafka09PartitionDiscoverer.getAllPartitionsForTopics(Kafka09PartitionDiscoverer.java:75) > at > org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.kafka.internals.AbstractPartitionDiscoverer.discoverPartitions(AbstractPartitionDiscoverer.java:128) > at > org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.kafka.FlinkKafkaConsumerBase.open(FlinkKafkaConsumerBase.java:415) > at > org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.util.FunctionUtils.openFunction(FunctionUtils.java:36) > at > org.apache.flink.streaming.api.operators.AbstractUdfStreamOperator.open(AbstractUdfStreamOperator.java:102) > at > org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.StreamTask.openAllOperators(StreamTask.java:393) > at > org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.StreamTask.invoke(StreamTask.java:254) > at org.apache.flink.runtime.taskmanager.Task.run(Task.java:718) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748){code} > Maybe Flink could through an IllegalStateException("Topic not found")? -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)