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Luc DUZAN commented on MIME4J-262:
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Because I do not want to break old code that wasn't prepare to handle a null
result from a getDate of a message created by message builder.
I will deprecate all the current way to construct a builder (static method and
constructor) and provide other static method that will make the builder correct
(not replace a null date by "new Date()").
> Message built by MessageBuilder do not respect getDate() contract
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: MIME4J-262
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MIME4J-262
> Project: James Mime4j
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Luc DUZAN
>
> Here is the getDate() documentation:
> {quote}
> /**
> * Returns the value of the <i>Date</i> header field of this message as
> * <code>Date</code> object or <code>null</code> if it is not present.
> *
> * @return the date of this message.
> */
> Date getDate();
> {quote}
> Here is the builder code:
> {quote}
> /**
> * Returns the value of the <i>Date</i> header field of this message as
> * <code>Date</code> object or <code>null</code> if it is not present.
> *
> * @return the date of this message.
> */
> Date getDate();
> {quote}
> We can see that MessageBuilder will make getDate() return a date and no null
> even if the message has no `Date` header
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