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Konstantin Boudnik commented on HADOOP-7342: -------------------------------------------- Matt, according to [Jacob's comment|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-1934?focusedCommentId=13039888&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-13039888] this API chance has been already discussed and I have missed that part. So, taking it back: let's go with this (although it seems unusual ;) > Add an utility API in FileUtil for JDK File.list > ------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HADOOP-7342 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-7342 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 0.23.0 > Reporter: Bharath Mundlapudi > Assignee: Bharath Mundlapudi > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 0.23.0 > > Attachments: HADOOP-7342-1.patch > > > Java File.list API can return null when disk is bad or directory is not a > directory. This utility API in FileUtil will throw an exception when this > happens rather than returning null. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira