[jdom-interest] Text class (Modified)
philip.nelson at omniresources.com
philip.nelson at omniresources.com
Mon May 28 07:00:26 PDT 2001
> >public class Text {
>
> > public Text(String stringValue) {
> > value = new StringBuffer(stringValue);
> > }
>
> What should we do if stringValue is null? I suggest throwing an
> immediate NullPointerException.
Yes, it is consistent with what we decided with most of the other setters.
(someday I need to update the tests so they are happy with the decision)
>
> What should we do if stringValue is empty? Does it make sense to
> allow an empty text node?
I have no problem with this, it's a quick way to remove the text content. I
do think the idea to setLength(0) and then use the existing StringBuffer
makes more sense though.
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