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Steve Loughran commented on MAPREDUCE-3965: ------------------------------------------- This is triggered if the Class passed down to the map class is class {{java.lang.Class}} {code} job.setJarByClass(Class.class); {code} Groovy seems to trigger it for other reasons > JobConf.findContainingJar NPEs if it can't find the classloader of a class > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MAPREDUCE-3965 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-3965 > Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 1.0.0 > Environment: Setting up a job under Groovy, OSX10.7, job started by > ant's <java> with fork==true > Reporter: Steve Loughran > Priority: Minor > > I never knew that classes may not have classloaders, but it turns out they > can -in which case Object.getClass().getClassLoader() will be null "This > method will return null in such implementations if this class was loaded by > the bootstrap class loader."" > When this (rare) situation arises, {{JobConf.findContainingJar()}} NPEs, when > failing with a slightly more useful error message would be preferred. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira