[SLING-602] ValueMap#get(java.lang.String name, T defaultValue) should support Integer

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: JCR Resource 2.0.4
• Fix Version/s: JCR Resource 2.0.4
• Component/s: JCR
• Environment: Windows XP, Sling Version 2.0.3-incubator-SNAPSHOT (running of Communiqué5)
• Assignee: Felix Meschberger
• Reporter: Andreas Vogl
• Created: 05/Aug/08 10:18
• Updated: 13/Sep/09 13:22
• Resolved: 19/Sep/08 15:05

Description

Hi,

Working with the sling API, I've been using the ValueMap class rather frequently:
org.apache.sling.api.resource.ValueMap

I noticed that the type java.util.Lang is supported for the getter methods, but the type java.util.Integer is apparently not supported.
The getter methods i am referring to:
<T> T get(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class<T> type)
<T> T get(java.lang.String name, T defaultValue)

Personally I would find it very convenient to be able to pass integers as default values and also get an integer as return type.
Apart from the convenience aspect, the lack of Integer support is really a source for bugs: It's intuitive to pass Integers - it will compile fine but not work in the end.