HFileUtil.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;

public class HFileUtil {

  /** guards against NullPointer
   * utility which tries to seek on the DFSIS and will try an alternative source
   * if the FSDataInputStream throws an NPE HBASE-17501
   * @param istream
   * @param offset
   * @throws IOException
   */
  static public void seekOnMultipleSources(FSDataInputStream istream, long offset) throws IOException {
    try {
      // attempt to seek inside of current blockReader
      istream.seek(offset);
    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
      // retry the seek on an alternate copy of the data
      // this can occur if the blockReader on the DFSInputStream is null
      istream.seekToNewSource(offset);
    }
  }
}