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Message:

Stringing things along

Posted by Matt Gerrans on November 03, 2001 at 12:53 PM

> But if
> someArbitaryObject.getArbitaryValue();
> returns null, then
> someArbitaryObject.getArbitaryValue().toString();
> will result in a NullPointerException.

So, what is your point? If someArbitaryObject is null, then someArbitaryObject.method() will cause an exception.

- mfg