[jsr-314-open] Handling of "" vs null action outcomes

[Lincoln Baxter, III]

I agree. This is one case where I'm all for backwards compatibility! +1

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:

> On 2/15/10 3:49 PM, Andy Schwartz wrote:
>
>> FWIW, my feeling is that, while returning null is a reasonable workaround,
>> there is no way that our unit test is not the only code out there that is
>> returning empty action outcomes and expecting to stay on the same page. I
>> would like to see this behavior preserved not so that we can revert our unit
>> test to its previous behavior (I am fine with our fix), but because the
>> current behavior may break other users as they upgrade to JSF2.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
> I know in the apps I've worked on whether I return an empty String or null
> depends on the mood I'm in. :)  I think we should clarify the spec to
> preserve the 1.2 behavior.
>
> --
> Jason Lee, SCJP
> President, Oklahoma City Java Users Group
> Senior Java Developer, Sun Microsystems
> http://blogs.steeplesoft.com
>
>


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