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Ted Yu commented on KAFKA-6728: ------------------------------- Here is the related line where NPE was thrown: {code} SchemaAndValue schemaAndValue = headerConverter.toConnectHeader(topic, recordHeader.key(), recordHeader.value()); {code} Looks like headerConverter was null. > Kafka Connect Header Null Pointer Exception > ------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-6728 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-6728 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Components: KafkaConnect > Affects Versions: 1.1.0 > Environment: Linux Mint > Reporter: Philippe Hong > Priority: Major > > I am trying to use the newly released Kafka Connect that supports headers by > using the standalone connector to write to a text file (so in this case I am > only using the sink component) > I am sadly greeted by a NullPointerException : > {noformat} > ERROR WorkerSinkTask{id=local-file-sink-0} Task threw an uncaught and > unrecoverable exception (org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerTask:172) > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.convertHeadersFor(WorkerSinkTask.java:501) > at > org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.convertMessages(WorkerSinkTask.java:469) > at > org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.poll(WorkerSinkTask.java:301) > at > org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.iteration(WorkerSinkTask.java:205) > at > org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.execute(WorkerSinkTask.java:173) > at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerTask.doRun(WorkerTask.java:170) > at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerTask.run(WorkerTask.java:214) > at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) > {noformat} > I launched zookeeper and kafka 1.1.0 locally and sent a > ProducerRecord[String, Array[Byte]] using a KafkaProducer[String, > Array[Byte]] with a header that has a key and value. > I can read the record with a console consumer as well as using a > KafkaConsumer (where in this case I can see the content of the header of the > record I sent previously) so no problem here. > I only made two changes to the kafka configuration: > - I used the StringConverter for the key and the ByteArrayConverter for > the value. > - I also changed the topic where the sink would connect to. > If I forgot something please tell me so as it is the first time I am creating > an issue on Jira. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)