svn merge -c 1212004 from trunk for HADOOP-7897.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.23-PB@1230416 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Release 0.23-PB - Unreleased
     HADOOP-7833. Fix findbugs warnings in protobuf generated code.
     (John Lee via suresh)
 
+    HADOOP-7897. ProtobufRpcEngine client side exception mechanism is not
+    consistent with WritableRpcEngine. (suresh)
+
 Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES

hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/ProtobufHelper.java

@@ -33,14 +33,17 @@ public class ProtobufHelper {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Return the RemoteException wrapped in ServiceException as cause.
-   * @param se ServiceException that wraps RemoteException
-   * @return RemoteException wrapped in ServiceException or
-   *         a new IOException that wraps unexpected ServiceException.
+   * Return the IOException thrown by the remote server wrapped in 
+   * ServiceException as cause.
+   * @param se ServiceException that wraps IO exception thrown by the server
+   * @return Exception wrapped in ServiceException or
+   *         a new IOException that wraps the unexpected ServiceException.
    */
   public static IOException getRemoteException(ServiceException se) {
     Throwable e = se.getCause();
-    return ((e instanceof RemoteException) ? (IOException) e : 
-      new IOException(se));
+    if (e == null) {
+      return new IOException(se);
+    }
+    return e instanceof IOException ? (IOException) e : new IOException(se);
   }
 }

hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/ProtobufRpcEngine.java

@@ -144,9 +144,10 @@ public class ProtobufRpcEngine implements RpcEngine {
      * 
      * ServiceException has the following causes:
      * <ol>
-     * <li>Exceptions encountered in this methods are thrown as
-     * RpcClientException, wrapped in RemoteException</li>
-     * <li>Remote exceptions are thrown wrapped in RemoteException</li>
+     * <li>Exceptions encountered on the client side in this method are 
+     * set as cause in ServiceException as is.</li>
+     * <li>Exceptions from the server are wrapped in RemoteException and are
+     * set as cause in ServiceException</li>
      * </ol>
      * 
      * Note that the client calling protobuf RPC methods, must handle
@@ -167,9 +168,8 @@ public class ProtobufRpcEngine implements RpcEngine {
       try {
         val = (RpcResponseWritable) client.call(RpcKind.RPC_PROTOCOL_BUFFER,
             new RpcRequestWritable(rpcRequest), remoteId);
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-        RpcClientException ce = new RpcClientException("Client exception", e);
-        throw new ServiceException(getRemoteException(ce));
+      } catch (Throwable e) {
+        throw new ServiceException(e);
       }
 
       HadoopRpcResponseProto response = val.message;
@@ -197,9 +197,8 @@ public class ProtobufRpcEngine implements RpcEngine {
       try {
         returnMessage = prototype.newBuilderForType()
             .mergeFrom(response.getResponse()).build();
-      } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
-        RpcClientException ce = new RpcClientException("Client exception", e);
-        throw new ServiceException(getRemoteException(ce));
+      } catch (Throwable e) {
+        throw new ServiceException(e);
       }
       return returnMessage;
     }
@@ -309,11 +308,6 @@ public class ProtobufRpcEngine implements RpcEngine {
         numHandlers, numReaders, queueSizePerHandler, verbose, secretManager);
   }
   
-  private static RemoteException getRemoteException(Exception e) {
-    return new RemoteException(e.getClass().getName(),
-        StringUtils.stringifyException(e));
-  }
-
   public static class Server extends RPC.Server {
     /**
      * Construct an RPC server.
@@ -335,8 +329,8 @@ public class ProtobufRpcEngine implements RpcEngine {
           numReaders, queueSizePerHandler, conf, classNameBase(protocolImpl
               .getClass().getName()), secretManager);
       this.verbose = verbose;  
-      registerProtocolAndImpl(RpcKind.RPC_PROTOCOL_BUFFER, 
-          protocolClass, protocolImpl);
+      registerProtocolAndImpl(RpcKind.RPC_PROTOCOL_BUFFER, protocolClass,
+          protocolImpl);
     }
 
     private static RpcResponseWritable handleException(Throwable e) {