We have a number of places where API methods which are specified to return a Collection can also return a null value. This causes the caller to have to write additional unnecessary code to first check for null before using the return value.
I'd like us to forbid this practice and require all methods which are specified to return a Collection be required to return an empty collection instead of a null. Unless there objections, I'm going to start by changing any methods in the Model subsystem which exhibit this behavior. Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
