Submission.getComments() always returns null

[Ninhydrinal]

Even when I know that the submission has comments and getCommentCount() tells me the right amount of comments, getComments() always returns null.

[mattbdean]

Can you include the code that is producing this error?

[Ninhydrinal]

I already deleted everything I had wrote before so here's something I just quickly threw together.

public static void main(String[] args) {
    RedditClient reddit = new RedditClient("USER-AGENT");
    try {
        LoggedInAccount account = reddit.login(Credentials.standard("****", "****"));
    } catch (NetworkException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (ApiException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    AccountManager manager = new AccountManager(reddit);
    SubredditPaginator subreddit = Paginators.subreddit(reddit, "funny");
    subreddit.setLimit(10);
    subreddit.setTimePeriod(TimePeriod.DAY);
    subreddit.setSorting(Sorting.TOP);
    Listing<Submission> submissions = subreddit.next();
    for (Submission s : submissions){
        Listing<Comment> comments = s.getComments();
        System.out.println(s.getTitle());
        if (comments == null){
            System.out.println("Comments = null");
        }
        System.out.println(s.getCommentCount());
    }
}

Output:

We have been putting this little Chewbacca in the X-mas tree for ages and I never really knew why... I just found out my mom thinks he is a gingerbread man.
Comments = null
322
For Megan
Comments = null
580
My co-worker's friend just saw this in Florida while driving..they were even barking.
Comments = null
611
My wife wanted jewelry for Christmas....don't think she'll be too happy
Comments = null
887
My rejected pitch for our office Christmas cards.
Comments = null
222
Trying to teach my girlfriend how the thermostat works.
Comments = null
908
A movie that North Korea is okay with
Comments = null
105
So I decided to try something I saw in this subreddit...
Comments = null
434
This Dark Souls 2 Review
Comments = null
357
Punked kim jong un
Comments = null
408

[mattbdean]

Reddit doesn't include comments in responses to general pagination, like through a subreddit. Only when that submission is queried directly does Reddit give you that post's comments.

An example:

public static void main(String[] args) throws NetworkException {
    RedditClient reddit = new RedditClient("USER-AGENT");
    SubredditPaginator subreddit = Paginators.subreddit(reddit, "funny");

    for (Submission s : subreddit.next()) {
        Submission fullSubmissionData = reddit.getSubmission(s.getId());
        System.out.println(fullSubmissionData.getTitle());
        System.out.println(fullSubmissionData.getComments());
    }
}

[Ninhydrinal]

Oh, that makes sense. Thanks, sorry for the bother.