in c3r-sdk-core/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/c3r/action/RowMarshaller.java [210:223]
private void checkForInvalidNullDuplicates(final ColumnInsight insight, final Value value) {
// Manually check for disallowed NULL duplicates because SQLite and many other
// database engines consider NULLs distinct in a UNIQUE column.
if (!settings.isAllowDuplicates()
&& !settings.isPreserveNulls()
&& insight.getType() == ColumnType.FINGERPRINT
&& value.isNull()
&& insight.hasSeenNull()) {
throw new C3rRuntimeException("Source column " + (insight.getSourceColumnPosition() + 1)
+ " cannot be used to construct the target fingerprint column `" + insight.getTargetHeader().toString() + "` because"
+ " the column contains more than one NULL entry"
+ " and the `allowDuplicates` setting is false.");
}
}