apache/pulsar · error · TypeConversionException

e.getMessage()

Error message

e.getMessage()

What it means

TimeUnitToSecondsConverter.convert wraps parseRelativeTimeInSeconds failures into picocli's TypeConversionException, forwarding the original error message (e.getMessage()) for an invalid relative-time argument.

Source

Thrown at pulsar-cli-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/cli/converters/picocli/TimeUnitToSecondsConverter.java:32

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package org.apache.pulsar.cli.converters.picocli;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.apache.pulsar.cli.converters.RelativeTimeUtil;
import picocli.CommandLine.ITypeConverter;
import picocli.CommandLine.TypeConversionException;

public class TimeUnitToSecondsConverter implements ITypeConverter<Long> {
    @Override
    public Long convert(String value) throws Exception {
        try {
            return TimeUnit.SECONDS.toSeconds(RelativeTimeUtil.parseRelativeTimeInSeconds(value));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new TypeConversionException(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 820761864e)

Solutions

1. Use a valid relative time like 30s, 5m, 1h with supported unit suffixes

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pulsar-cli-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/cli/converters/picocli/TimeUnitToSecondsConverter.java:32 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of apache/pulsar@820761864e (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/a829df63f00de15c. Report an issue: GitHub.