made get not raise an exception anymore, use get! instead if you need to raise exceptions.

* ExtendedDocument.get doesn't raise an exception anymore. If no documents are found nil is returned.
* ExtendedDocument.get! works the say #get used to work and will raise an exception if a document isn't found.

lib/couchrest/mixins/document_queries.rb

@@ -39,7 +39,38 @@ module CouchRest
         end
         
         # Load a document from the database by id
+        # No exceptions will be raised if the document isn't found
+        #
+        # ==== Returns
+        # Object:: if the document was found
+        # or
+        # Nil::
+        # 
+        # === Parameters
+        # id<String, Integer>:: Document ID
+        # db<Database>:: optional option to pass a custom database to use
         def get(id, db = database)
+          begin
+            doc = db.get id
+          rescue
+            nil
+          else
+            new(doc)
+          end
+        end
+        
+        # Load a document from the database by id
+        # An exception will be raised if the document isn't found
+        #
+        # ==== Returns
+        # Object:: if the document was found
+        # or
+        # Exception
+        # 
+        # === Parameters
+        # id<String, Integer>:: Document ID
+        # db<Database>:: optional option to pass a custom database to use
+        def get!(id, db = database)
           doc = db.get id
           new(doc)
         end

spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_spec.rb

@@ -216,6 +216,15 @@ describe "ExtendedDocument" do
       foundart = Article.get @art.id
       foundart.title.should == "All About Getting"
     end
+    
+    it "should return nil if `get` is used and the document doesn't exist" do
+      foundart = Article.get 'matt aimonetti'
+      foundart.should be_nil
+    end                     
+    
+    it "should raise an error if `get!` is used and the document doesn't exist" do
+       lambda{foundart = Article.get!('matt aimonetti')}.should raise_error
+    end
   end
 
   describe "getting a model with a subobjects array" do
@@ -507,7 +516,7 @@ describe "ExtendedDocument" do
     end
     it "should make it go away" do
       @dobj.destroy
-      lambda{Basic.get(@dobj.id)}.should raise_error
+      lambda{Basic.get!(@dobj.id)}.should raise_error
     end
   end
   

spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_view_spec.rb

@@ -168,8 +168,11 @@ describe "ExtendedDocument views" do
       end
       things[0]["doc"]["title"].should =='aaa'
     end
-    it "should barf on get if no database given" do
-      lambda{Unattached.get("aaa")}.should raise_error
+    it "should return nil on get if no database given" do
+      Unattached.get("aaa").should be_nil
+    end
+    it "should barf on get! if no database given" do
+      lambda{Unattached.get!("aaa")}.should raise_error
     end
     it "should get from specific database" do
       u = Unattached.get(@first_id, @db)