http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/phoenix/blob/03a5d7ef/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/util/SchemaUtil.java
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diff --git a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/util/SchemaUtil.java
b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/util/SchemaUtil.java
index 72c67bf..9ab0692 100644
--- a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/util/SchemaUtil.java
+++ b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/util/SchemaUtil.java
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@ import
org.apache.phoenix.schema.ColumnFamilyNotFoundException;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.ColumnNotFoundException;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.PColumn;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.PColumnFamily;
-import org.apache.phoenix.schema.types.PDataType;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.PDatum;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.PMetaData;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.PName;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.PTable;
-import org.apache.phoenix.schema.types.PVarbinary;
-import org.apache.phoenix.schema.types.PVarchar;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.RowKeySchema;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.RowKeySchema.RowKeySchemaBuilder;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.SaltingUtil;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.SortOrder;
import org.apache.phoenix.schema.ValueSchema.Field;
+import org.apache.phoenix.schema.types.PDataType;
+import org.apache.phoenix.schema.types.PVarbinary;
+import org.apache.phoenix.schema.types.PVarchar;
import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class SchemaUtil {
}
public static boolean isCaseSensitive(String name) {
- return name.length() > 0 && name.charAt(0)=='"';
+ return name!=null && name.length() > 0 && name.charAt(0)=='"';
}
public static <T> List<T> concat(List<T> l1, List<T> l2) {