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Traverson to provide more meaningful exception when link doesn't exist
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Description
At the moment an IllegalStateException is thrown when traverson doesn't find a link with the rel you specified.
What about provide a more meaningful exception, like LinkNotFoundException or similar?
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Research direction
Start at Traverson's link-resolution path and inspect where IllegalStateException is raised when the requested rel is absent. Add coverage for the missing-link case and verify that callers receive a more meaningful dedicated exception instead; the issue does not name a source file or existing test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100