> But my question was why am I NOT getting the NullPointerException. In my case > I am NOT getting the exception, I am getting an empty string for a method > that returns String and false for a method that returns boolean.
So you are getting empty string for #{...spouse.firstName} and false
for #{...spouseExists} right? And you have getFirstName method on the
spouse object that is supposed to return string and getSpouseExists
method that return boolean right?
sean

