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Martin van den Bemt commented on BETWIXT-58: -------------------------------------------- Oh forgot to add : since value can be null, I decided to just return "" instead of value (since the javadoc says it will not return null) > Empty string bug > ---------------- > > Key: BETWIXT-58 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BETWIXT-58 > Project: Commons Betwixt > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: Nightly Builds > Environment: N/A > Reporter: Kevin Waugh > Priority: Minor > Fix For: Nightly Builds > > > If you create a bean with a string property and set the string to be the > empty string then write the bean to xml using Betwixt upon reading the bean > the string property will be set to null. > The stringToObject method in ConvertUtilsObjectStringConverter does not obey > it's javadoc description. The following patch still violates the > description, but fixes the bug stated. > Index: > src/java/org/apache/commons/betwixt/strategy/ConvertUtilsObjectStringConverter.java > =================================================================== > --- > src/java/org/apache/commons/betwixt/strategy/ConvertUtilsObjectStringConverter.java > (revision 534335) > +++ > src/java/org/apache/commons/betwixt/strategy/ConvertUtilsObjectStringConverter.java > (working copy) > @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ > public Object stringToObject(String value, Class type, String flavour, > Context context) { > if (value == null || "".equals(value)) > { > - return null; > + return value; > } > return ConvertUtils.convert( value, type ); -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]