[MailboxAPI] MessageResult contract

[Robert Burrell Donkin <ro...@gmail.com>]

MessageResult (see 1) is a crucial part of the mailboxAPI. however,
it's behaviour is not defined.

in particular, the API is silent about whether the corresponding
method should return a not null value when getIncludedResults() is set
for a particular datum. for example, if getIncludedResults() ==
MIME_MESSAGE imply then must getMimeMessage return a not null value.

i can appreciate both sides of the argument but IMO the API should be
specific and consist so this means making a decision

opinions?

- robert

1. http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/james/server/trunk/core-library/src/main/java/org/apache/james/mailboxmanager/MessageResult.java

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RE: [MailboxAPI] MessageResult contract

["Noel J. Bergman" <no...@devtech.com>]

> MessageResult (see 1) is a crucial part of the mailboxAPI. however,
> it's behaviour is not defined.

As previously noted, feel free to discard the entirety of the mailbox API
and start over.

	--- Noel



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