[GRADLE-1827] Project.getProperty() could be overloaded to have an optional object argument for the default return Created: 11/Oct/11  Updated: 10/Feb/17  Resolved: 10/Feb/17

Status: Resolved
Project: Gradle
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Improvement
Reporter: Spencer Allain Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Fix Votes: 1


 Description   

For those cases where a property value may or may not be set, it would be convenient to call getProperty('propName', defaultVal)

Sure, the alternative is to call hasProperty() and then decide what to do from there, or wrap with a try/catch block for MissingPropertyException and assign to value in try block and default in catch block.

This simplifies the case where a default value is known beforehand, but optionally overriding the value is desired.

 Comments   
Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 15/Nov/16 ]

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Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 10/Feb/17 ]

Thanks again for reporting this issue. We haven't heard back from you after our inquiry from November 15th. We are closing this issue now. Please create an issue on GitHub if you still feel passionate about getting it resolved.

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