Henric Larsson wrote:
>
> I would like to add another one:
>
> request.getParameter(String)
>
> what should it return if the request came from a POST
> but the value was not filled out in a form, also if the
> parameter is present in a GET but no value is specified
> for it.
>
> I keep checking my parameters for a null and then for a
> zero length String, I think the spec. should specify this
> to ease the code up a bit.
For parameters that are passed but without a value, getParameter()
returns an empty string.
I wrote a ParameterParser class that simplifies parameter parsing,
and as part of that it allows you to treat null and "" as the same.
See http://www.servlets.com/resources/com.oreilly.servlet.
-jh-
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