}
/**
- * Returns the reply with the given ID. If there is no reply with the given
- * ID yet, a new one is created, unless {@code create} is false in which
- * case {@code null} is returned.
+ * Returns the reply with the given ID.
*
* @param replyId
* The ID of the reply to get
- * @param create
- * {@code true} to always return a {@link Reply}, {@code false}
- * to return {@code null} if no reply can be found
* @return The reply, or {@code null} if there is no such reply
*/
- public PostReply getPostReply(String replyId, boolean create) {
+ public PostReply getPostReply(String replyId) {
synchronized (replies) {
- PostReply reply = replies.get(replyId);
- if (create && (reply == null)) {
- reply = new PostReplyImpl(replyId);
- replies.put(replyId, reply);
- }
- return reply;
+ return replies.get(replyId);
}
}