Monthly Archives: May 2019

Return Null or Exception?

I am writing a getter function, and the requested object can not be found.  Do I return null?   Or do I throw an exception?  The answer is “it depends.”  Sometimes both options are needed, but how to decide?

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Variable Names & Key Values

Constructing JSON in Java can be a bother.  The most standard JSON library requires objects to be created, and then called to put the members on there.  So much easier in JavaScript, but it is not Java script.  Still, one … Continue reading

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