Eamonn McManus wrote:
David Holmes - Sun Microsystems wrote:> So to me: String toString(Object o, String useIfNull) is the only method> that provides true utility in this case.I agree with that, and would just suggest to the person specifying the method to add a @see String#valueOf(Object). I find that the behaviour of that method
Agreed, that @see, amongst others, has been in the patch for this change http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/6797535.1/ -Joe