Why use String.valueOf(msg) in StringEncoder?

[Andreas Köhler]

Hi Nicolas,

I suppose that if msg really was null encode() would have returned msg
(null instanceof String) anyway.  String.valueOf(msg) does not protect
against msg.toString() returning null on the other hand.

Ciao,
-- andi5

Nicolas Désy wrote:
> It is to prevent a NullPointerException when calling getBytes() on the
> String instance.
> 
> -Nicolas
> 
> 
>> From: mmcgrady at topiatechnology.com
>> To: netty-users at lists.jboss.org
>> Subject: Why use String.valueOf(msg) in StringEncoder?
>> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:58:40 -0700
>>
>> If there a reason why encoding uses String.valueOf(msg) in
>> StringEncoder instead of just msg? I cannot see the value of,
>> valueOf, pun intended.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Mike McGrady
>> Principal Investigator AF081-028 AFRL SBIR
>> Senior Engineer
>> Topia Technology, Inc.
>> 1.253.720.3365
>> mmcgrady at topiatechnology.com

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