On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:39 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea wrote: > 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?
Lists, numbers (float, int, long, etc), String, etc -Vincent > 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 _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
