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

[Jason Lee]

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.

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Jason Lee, SCJP
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