Github user dgkimura commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/geode-native/pull/107#discussion_r126173633
--- Diff: src/cppcache/include/geode/Struct.hpp ---
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class CPPCACHE_EXPORT Struct : public Serializable {
* Returns the name of the field corresponding to the index number in the
* Struct
*/
- virtual const char* getFieldName(const int32_t index) const;
+ virtual const std::string* getFieldName(const int32_t index) const;
--- End diff --
Yeah, if we consider when field does not exist at index a failure case,
then I agree that throwing is better than returning `nullptr` and expecting
someone else to handle it or blow up later.
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