[LANG-79] [lang] ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(null) throws exception by design

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.1

Environment

Operating System: All
Platform: All

• Bugzilla Id: 27876
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
• Created: 24/Mar/04 02:05
• Updated: 02/May/13 02:28
• Resolved: 16/May/06 12:27

Description

Calling ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(null) throws an exception by design.
I think it should just return null. Right now I need to do nasty things like:

public String toString()

{ // dive into commons http client object as they do not implement toString(). return new ToStringBuilder(this).append("url", this.url).append("retryCount", this.retryCount).append( "multiThreadedHttpConnectionManager", this.multiThreadedHttpConnectionManager == null ? null : ReflectionToStringBuilder .toString(this.multiThreadedHttpConnectionManager)).append( "secureProtocolSocketFactory", this.secureProtocolSocketFactory == null ? null : ReflectionToStringBuilder .toString(this.secureProtocolSocketFactory)).toString(); }

Will attach patch proposal.

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: LANG-126 [lang][patch] Make ClassUtils methods null-safe and not throw an IAE.