[jboss-identity-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Updated: (JBID-110) IDM API review - returned values and Exceptions

IDM API review - returned values and Exceptions ----------------------------------------------- Key: JBID-110 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBID-110 Project: JBoss Identity Issue Type: Feature Request Components: IDM Reporter: Boleslaw Dawidowicz Assignee: Boleslaw Dawidowicz Fix For: idm-1.0.0.CR2 Every "find" type method in IDM API should be reviewed to follow proper behaviour. Either null object should be returned or method should throw meaningful exception. For example: - User findUser() throws IdentityException. The best is to have simply null returned when search fail. Other acceptable option is to expect exact exception like "UserNotFoundException". It is not acceptable to receive "IdentityException" when user is simply not found in identity store. General exception like IdentityException should be reserved for system failures or more serious runtime issues. All other methods should have similar behaviour.