DATACMNS-380 - MappingContext.getPersistentPropertyPath(…) now throws MappingException.

Author: odrotbohm

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/context/AbstractMappingContext.java

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ private PersistentPropertyPath<P> getPersistentPropertyPath(Iterable<String> par
 P persistentProperty = current.getPersistentProperty(segment);
 
 if (persistentProperty == null) {
-throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("No property %s found on %s!", segment, current.getName()));
+throw new MappingException(String.format("No property %s found on %s!", segment, current.getName()));
 }
 
 result.add(persistentProperty);

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/context/AbstractMappingContextUnitTests.java

@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@ public void returnsPersistentPropertyPathForDotPath() {
 assertThat(path.getLeafProperty().getName(), is("name"));
 }
 
+/**
+ * @see DATACMNS-380
+ */
+@Test(expected = MappingException.class)
+public void rejectsInvalidPropertyReferenceWithMappingException() {
+context.getPersistentPropertyPath("foo", Sample.class);
+}
+
 class Person {
 String name;
 }