Help with strings and if statements.

[Demonpants]

@lhkbob

A benefit of doing “static string”.equals(var) is that var can be null and you don’t need to worry about null pointer exceptions because equals() will handle it properly. On the other hand, I do think it looks funny.

This is true, but I would argue that you always want to explicitly check for null so that it’s clear that you have handled that situation. Once again, it’s about readability.

if (str == null)
{
    throw new Exception("What the crap? str is null! Deal with it!");
}
else if (str.equals("foo"))
{
    //etc.
}

Once again, improved readability (in my opinion, anyway).

But this is off topic, and probably over Thsotus’s head. @Thsotus: take a Java class.

[Thsotus]

There is no Java class at my school. Er…

[Demonpants]

@Thsotus

There is no Java class at my school. Er…

You can always go for the virtual option.

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