Author: markt Date: Wed Jan 9 13:42:39 2013 New Revision: 1430852 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1430852&view=rev Log: Better description of <%= obj =%>
Modified: tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml Modified: tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml?rev=1430852&r1=1430851&r2=1430852&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml (original) +++ tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml Wed Jan 9 13:42:39 2013 @@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ <bug>54241</bug>: Revert the fix for <bug>35410</bug> as it was not compliant with the JSP specification, specifically that <code><%= obj %></code> must be translated to - <code>out.print(String.valueOf(obj))</code> which will trigger a + <code>out.print(obj)</code> which in turn becomes + <code>out.write(String.valueOf(obj))</code>. This will trigger a <code>NullPointerException</code> if <code>obj.toString()</code> returns <code>null</code>. The fix for <bug>35410</bug> incorrectly suppressed the <code>NullPointerException</code> in this case. (markt) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org