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Robin Moffatt commented on KAFKA-7052: -------------------------------------- Tested on Debezium 0.8 (AK 1.1.0) and Debezium 0.7.4 (AK 1.0.0) docker images. Connector: {code:java} curl -i -X POST -H "Accept:application/json" \ -H "Content-Type:application/json" http://localhost:8083/connectors/ \ -d '{ "name": "mysql-source-demo-customers-raw", "config": { "key.converter": "org.apache.kafka.connect.storage.StringConverter", "connector.class": "io.debezium.connector.mysql.MySqlConnector", "database.hostname": "mysql", "database.port": "3306", "database.user": "debezium", "database.password": "dbz", "database.server.id": "43", "database.server.name": "asgard", "table.whitelist": "demo.customers", "database.history.kafka.bootstrap.servers": "kafka:29092", "database.history.kafka.topic": "dbhistory.demo-raw" , "include.schema.changes": "true", "transforms": "ExtractId", "transforms.ExtractId.type":"org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ExtractField$Key", "transforms.ExtractId.field":"id" } }'{code} Source schema + data in MySQL: {code:java} create table CUSTOMERS ( id INT PRIMARY KEY, first_name VARCHAR(50), last_name VARCHAR(50), email VARCHAR(50), gender VARCHAR(50), club_status VARCHAR(8), comments VARCHAR(90), create_ts timestamp DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP , update_ts timestamp DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ); insert into CUSTOMERS (id, first_name, last_name, email, gender, club_status, comments) values (1, 'Rica', 'Blaisdell', 'rblaisde...@rambler.ru', 'Female', 'bronze', 'Universal optimal hierarchy'); {code} > ExtractField SMT throws NPE - needs clearer error message > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-7052 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-7052 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: KafkaConnect > Reporter: Robin Moffatt > Priority: Major > > With the following Single Message Transform: > {code:java} > "transforms.ExtractId.type":"org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ExtractField$Key", > "transforms.ExtractId.field":"id"{code} > Kafka Connect errors with : > {code:java} > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ExtractField.apply(ExtractField.java:61) > at > org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.TransformationChain.apply(TransformationChain.java:38){code} > There should be a better error message here, identifying the reason for the > NPE. > Version: Confluent Platform 4.1.1 -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)