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

[Greg Watson <g.watson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds good.

On May 31, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Randy M. Roberts wrote:

> 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
> > > --
> > > Randy M. Roberts
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> > >
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> > > III)
> > >
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