Found the error, it's a typo in the configuration. George
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:26 PM, George Pang <[email protected]> wrote: > > I got "java.lang.NullPointerException" on this line in a custom > serializer: > String cols = new String(context.getString("columns")); > > This is in a Serializer for HBase. I place the jar of this class in the > flume lib folder, don't know why there is no columns key in the context map? > > Your suggestion or help will be appreciated! > > George > > > >
