Github user ottobackwards commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-metron/pull/333#discussion_r85822162
--- Diff:
metron-platform/metron-common/src/main/java/org/apache/metron/common/dsl/functions/NetworkFunctions.java
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@@ -232,10 +237,15 @@ private static URL toUrl(Object urlObj) {
if(urlObj == null) {
return null;
}
- try {
- return new URL(urlObj.toString());
- } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
- return null;
+ if(urlObj instanceof String) {
+ try {
+ return new URL(urlObj.toString());
+ } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
--- End diff --
Why would Malformed Url not be an exception as well? It would be much
better to get a detailed error than null.
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