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| From | Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators |
| Date | 2011-11-16 14:02 -0800 |
| Organization | http://groups.google.com |
| Message-ID | <16498462.27.1321480966372.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prgt40> (permalink) |
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kensi wrote:
> Daniel Pitts wrote:
>> I've seen projects where a *core* library had a method "isNull" defined
>> thusly:
>>
>> public boolean isNull(Object o) {
>> if (o == null) return true;
>> String s = String.valueOf(o);
>> if (s.trim().length == 0) {
>> return true;
>> }
>> if ("null".equals(s)) return true;
>> if ("(null)".equals(s)) return true;
>> }
>
> Shocking, if true, since the above code won't compile.
He said, "thusly", not "thus", thus allowing a little room for transcription error, in this case the omission of the catch-all 'return false;'.
His main point, that even with the correction the routine is stupid, is not damaged.
--
Lew
> > Obviously, someone was told that "null" and "(null)" were appearing
> > somewhere and causing problems. Instead of tracking down the source,
> > they littered the codebase with these "isNull" checks. I should have my
> > legal name changed to "Null Null", and see how many forms on the web
> > reject my name :-)
>
> Why go to the hassle of changing your legal name? It's not like giving
> false information to large corporate marketing departments^W^W^W^Wweb
> forms is an offense under the law or anything. ;) At most it's a TOS
> violation and the account you create won't last long (cf. Facebook,
> Google Plus).
>
> > Imagine the following:
> >
> > // Commonly used library method handleThing.
> > void handleThing(Thing t) {
> > AnotherThing at = t.getAnotherThing()
> > doSomething(at);
> > }
>
> Comment above is wrong, should be
> // Commonly used Law of Demeter violation
> HTH. :)
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