Hi, may be we can write:
Object value = getAttribute(name, modeConf, objectModel); return (value == null ? null : new Object[]{value}); If the value is null no Object[] is generated. You need to know, that I am the best friend of the GC ;-) Sorry for the nitpicking ;-) Volker Hello Christian, applying to your commit message and in comparison to the second example shouldn't it be return (result[0] == null? null : result); Otherwise it seems to make no sense. Joerg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Make sure to return null instead of { null } ... > Object[] result = new Object[1]; > result[0] = getAttribute(name, modeConf, objectModel); > - return result; > + return (result == null? null : result); > > }