wuchong commented on a change in pull request #12289: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/12289#discussion_r431556847
########## File path: flink-connectors/flink-hbase/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/addons/hbase/util/HBaseTypeUtils.java ########## @@ -81,13 +81,16 @@ public static Object deserializeToObject(byte[] value, int typeIdx, Charset stri * Serialize the Java Object to byte array with the given type. */ public static byte[] serializeFromObject(Object value, int typeIdx, Charset stringCharset) { + if (value == null){ + return EMPTY_BYTES; Review comment: We introduced a `null-string-literal` in the new hbase connector (see `HBaseDynamicTableFactory`) to handle this problem. I think we can introduce a same option in the old hbase connector. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org