If so, WHY? Why not use String.valueOf(Object obj)? Not particularly more convenient is it?
-AMT -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LANG] Do we have a safeToString() ? Nope. ObjectUtils.toString(Object obj) null -> null, else obj.toString() ObjectUtils.toString(Object obj,String nullValue) null -> nullValue, else obj.toString() Stephen > from: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >ObjectUtils.toString() > > What? This might return [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in my memory. > > I want to call toString() on arbitrary objects and avoid the NPE when > I do <foo>.toString(). > > Regards > Henning > > > > >Stephen > > >> from: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> as I was needing a method like this: > >> > >> /** > >> * Returns the toString() value of the passed > >> * object. If null is passed, return the String > >> * "null". > >> * > >> * @param obj The object to print out. > >> * @returns A String representation of the passed > >> * object. > >> */ > >> public String safeToString(Object obj) { > >> if (obj == null) { > >> return "null"; > >> } > >> return obj.toString(); > >> } > >> > >> for the gadzillionth time and we have > >> > >> public static String identityToString(Object object) { > >> if (object == null) { > >> return null; > >> } > >> return new StringBuffer() > >> .append(object.getClass().getName()) > >> .append('@') > >> .append(Integer.toHexString(System.identityHashCode(object))) > >> .toString(); > >> } > >> > >> in ObjectUtils, wouldn't this safeToString() be a nice addition to > >> the ObjectUtils? Or do we already have something like this in the > >> lang somewhere? > >> > >> Regards > >> Henning > >> -- > >> Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ > >> > >> Java, perl, Solaris, Linux, xSP Consulting, Web Services > >> freelance consultant -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire > >> > >> "You are being far too rational for this discussion." > >> --- Scott Robert Ladd in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ > > Java, perl, Solaris, Linux, xSP Consulting, Web Services > freelance consultant -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire > > "You are being far too rational for this discussion." > --- Scott Robert Ladd in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
