Felix Meschberger wrote:
Oh, I missed the point of Carsten's question.
:)
Of course this situation is interesting. I would say, neither of the
methods throws. Just as Map.get(Object) does not throw on missing
entries, the get(String) method of this map should not throw in this
situation.
For get(String, Object defaultValue): I think failure to convert should
be treated just like a missing value and the default should be returned.
The situation should be logged, though (DEBUG ?).
For get(String, Class<T> type): Same here: If the value cannot be
converted, this should be treated as a missing value and the error be
logged.
I agree, not throwing seems to be the better way - especially for
scripting as Tobi points out. Logging with level debug should be
sufficient in these cases.
Carsten
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