Re: [ptp-dev] Should a null string be a valid StringAttribute?

["Randy M. Roberts" <rsqrd@xxxxxxxx>]

Greg,

I can automatically convert a null to the empty string, and not have
to worry about throwing exceptions or invalid values.

R^2

On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 09:47 -0600, Greg Watson wrote:
> No, I think it should only allow the empty string. Null is really an  
> object, and StringAttributes are not objects, they're attributes.
> 
> Greg
> 
> On May 31, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Randy M. Roberts wrote:
> 
> > Greg,
> >
> > Should a null string be a valid StringAttribute?
> > If so, then I need to test for null before doing
> > some of the method calculations.  If not, then
> > I need to change isValid(String str) to return false,
> > and the setters to throw exceptions for null.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Randy
> > -- 
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> >
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> > III)
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