Hi Vincent,

Vincent Massol wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to change the signatures  DAB.getProperty() methods. Right  
> now they are:
> 
>      String getProperty(String documentName, String className, int  
> objectNumber, String propertyName) throws Exception;
>      String getProperty(String documentName, String className, String  
> propertyName) throws Exception;
>      String getProperty(String documentName, String propertyName)  
> throws Exception;
> 
> I'd like to change them to:
> 
>      Object getProperty(String documentName, String className, int  
> objectNumber, String propertyName);
>      Object getProperty(String documentName, String className, String  
> propertyName);
>      Object getProperty(String documentName, String propertyName);
> 

> I have no idea why they currently return Strings and not Objects and  
> why they are declared to throw an exception when they catch all  
> exceptions and instead return null when an error occurs...

What types of objects can these methods return, besides String?

Thanks,
Marius

> 
> I need this change to be able to implement
> http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-4044
> (Add support for looking for configuration parameters in  
> XWikiPreferences, WebPreferences and the User Profile)
> 
> Here's my +1
> 
> Thanks
> -Vincent
> 
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