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Joe,

I'll volunteer some "find usage" stats from the code base I work on for a living:
565 ObjectUtils.toString(Object) calls.
487 String.valueOf(Object) calls.

Hopefully others can contribute their "find usage" stats. It seems to me that both behaviors are useful.

Jason

\> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 10:51:50 -0700
> From: Joe.Darcy@Sun.COM
> Subject: Re: Objects.toString \[Re: What methods should go into a java.util.Objects class in JDK 7?\]
> To: jason\_mehrens@hotmail.com
> CC: core-libs-dev@openjdk.java.net

\> I'm preparing the first round of java.util.Objects with the
> single-argument static toString method return "null" for null for final
> review. I'll send out a few follow-up emails, including one for
> additional toStrings methods. I'm sympathetic to the two-argument
> toString method with a default.
\> -Joe

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