[Handle-info] resovleHandle method query

[Scott Yeadon <scott.yeadon@anu.edu.au>]

Hi,

Just a question on the handle API. If I use the following Resolver class 
resolveHandle method:

public HandleValue[] resolveHandle(String handle, String typeList[], 
boolean secure)

and the handle does not contain any values of the type(s) in typeList, a 
HandleException with an error of HANDLE_DOES_NOT_EXIST is thrown.  The 
hdl6.2.5_02 API docs state "The requested handle values are then 
extracted from the response and returned (or an exception is thrown if 
there was an error). " When a value with a type in typeList is present 
it behaves as I would expect.

Is this a bug or the expected behaviour? I was hoping for a null or 
empty array to be returned if the handle actually existed. It's no 
biggie since I can use one of the other methods and post-filter but if 
it's not me doing something dumb it might be good to either log as a bug 
for a future release or provide clarification in the API docs.

Thanks.

Scott.


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