[jdom-interest] Element.getText() null vs. ""

D Gross justdave at onebox.com
Tue Apr 17 14:48:19 PDT 2001


Element.getText() returns an empty String if the content is null.  The
javadoc says this, but also says it will return null (in the @return
doc).  I think it is more appropriate for it to return null than "",
since "" implies the Element has content.

-- Dave
D Gross
justdave at onebox.com


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