Hej Andrew, > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Geery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> If the reference exists, everything works perfectly: I can > dereference > like this > person.getLegalName().getFirstName() [..] > My questions are: > 1) Should this method be changed to return a default value > based on the > return type of the method being invoked, in the case where subject is > null (e.g., null for an object, 0 for an int, false for a boolean, > etc.)? Or at the very least, return null in all cases if > subject is null? > 2) How can I check whether a proxy reference is null? Is > there a way to do this transparently? You may use the ProxyHelper class to materialize the proxy. However, this defeats the purpose of proxies because it is not transparent. > I've read other messages in the archive about this issue, but > I haven't really seen a solution to it. The solution proposed > here didn't seem to do anything for me: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00132.html I do not understand that. I had the same problem and that tip helped me. Can you assemble a junit test or small test case that reveals the problem? Olli --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
