Better exception when files are unaccessible
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Description
In some cases the Hadoop filesystem API will throw NullPointerException when trying to access files that have moved.
We'd want to catch those and give a better error message.
```
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.globStatus(FileSystem.java:1043)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat.listStatus(FileInputFormat.java:211)
at parquet.hadoop.ParquetInputFormat.listStatus(ParquetInputFormat.java:395)
at parquet.hadoop.ParquetInputFormat.getFooters(ParquetInputFormat.java:443)
at parquet.hadoop.ParquetInputFormat.getGlobalMetaData(ParquetInputFormat.java:467)
```
**Reporter**: [Julien Le Dem](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=julienledem) / @julienledem
**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [PARQUET-20](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-20). Please see the [migration documentation](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-2502) for further details.*
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Research direction
Start by tracing parquet.hadoop.ParquetInputFormat.listStatus, getFooters, and getGlobalMetaData against the Hadoop FileSystem.globStatus and FileInputFormat.listStatus calls shown in the stack trace. Determine where inaccessible or moved files surface as NullPointerException, then verify that the resulting failure reports a useful error instead; the issue does not name a test file.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- data-engineering
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100