Objects.toString [Re: What methods should go into a java.util.Objects class in JDK 7?] (original) (raw)

Joseph D. Darcy Joe.Darcy at Sun.COM
Thu Oct 8 18:14:18 UTC 2009


Paul Benedict wrote:

Joe,

I'm preparing the first round of java.util.Objects with the single-argument static toString method return "null" for null for final review. Why would you choose to return "null" for any null object?

Because that is how the platform has always treated null in string concatenation.

Everyone who has opined did disagree with replicating String.valueOf() behavior.

The people who disagreed with the replication disagreed with the replication. Others disagreed with the behavior.

-Joe



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