Checking for the existence of a named collection

[holopoj]

Is there a proper method of checking whether a named collection already exists in a database? I tried calling DB.getHashMap("name_that_doesnt_exist") thinking it might return null if I haven't previously called DB.createHashMap("name_that_doesnt_exist"). Instead, the database throws an IllegalArgumentException. Is/Will there be a way to check this other than catching the exception?

Sorry if this isn't really an "issue", I couldn't find a mailing list so I posted here.

[jankotek]

No there is not, I will add it soon.

Jan

On Friday 10 February 2012 15:34:26 you wrote:

Is there a proper method of checking whether a named collection already
exists in a database? I tried calling
DB.getHashMap("name_that_doesnt_exist") thinking it might return null if I
haven't previously called DB.createHashMap("name_that_doesnt_exist").
Instead, the database throws an IllegalArgumentException. Is/Will there be
a way to check this other than catching the exception?

Sorry if this isn't really an "issue", I couldn't find a mailing list so I
posted here.

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[jankotek]

Fixed, getXXX now returns null if collection was not found.