Get item by ID in Sitecore 6.5

Question

I am on Sitecore 6.5.

The below code is working fine but I don't understand how. The GetItem() method has six overload functions where it takes string values as just item paths.

In this case it's taking in an id as a string and correctly returning the item (the location is Sitecore droplink field). Am I missing something?

private Sitecore.Data.Items.Item LocationItem
{
    get
    {
        return Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem(Item["Location"]);
    }
}

Answer 1

The string parameter for GetItem() can be an ID or a Path.
Both will work.

Answer 2

Sitecore can take a path or an ID as the string. Item["Location"] will contain a GUID (as the field type is a droplink), which you're currently retrieving as a string.

Answer 3

This is expected functionality. You can pass both ID or path to this method, however documentation may not be clear on this.