On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Leo Sutic wrote:
> All,
>
> is it part of the contract for ComponentManager.release that the component
> parameter may be null?
>
> In ExcaliburComponentManager.release the method has a test at the top:
>
> if ( null == component )
> {
> return;
> }
>
> So one can write:
>
> MyComponent myComponent = null;
> try {
> myComponent = manager.lookup (MyComponent.ROLE);
> ...
> } finally {
> manager.release (myComponent);
> }
>
> Instead of:
>
> MyComponent myComponent = null;
> try {
> myComponent = manager.lookup (MyComponent.ROLE);
> ...
> } finally {
> if (myComponent != null) {
> manager.release (myComponent);
> }
> }
>
> I like this - one less "if" statement for me to forget. However, there is no
> mention of this in the documentation. So my question is: Is this part of the
> ComponentManager interface?
I agree this would be a nice convenience and we should document it.
Giacomo
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