Author: tchemit Date: 2008-10-27 20:33:29 +0000 (Mon, 27 Oct 2008) New Revision: 1006 Modified: lutinjaxx/trunk/jaxx-core/src/main/java/jaxx/runtime/Util.java Log: add a getStringValue util value to have the string representation of an object or an empty string if object is null. Modified: lutinjaxx/trunk/jaxx-core/src/main/java/jaxx/runtime/Util.java =================================================================== --- lutinjaxx/trunk/jaxx-core/src/main/java/jaxx/runtime/Util.java 2008-10-27 18:27:59 UTC (rev 1005) +++ lutinjaxx/trunk/jaxx-core/src/main/java/jaxx/runtime/Util.java 2008-10-27 20:33:29 UTC (rev 1006) @@ -393,4 +393,18 @@ } list.addMouseListener(new ErrorListMouseListener()); } + + /** + * Compute the string representation of an object. + * <p/> + * Return empty string if given object is null + * + * @param value the value to write + * @return the string representation of the given object or an empty string if object is null. + */ + public static String getStringValue(Object value) { + String result; + result = value == null ? "" : value.toString(); + return result; + } }