Shall I claim I was drunk when I asked the question? :)

Thanks,

Hen

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Stephen Colebourne wrote:

> Void:
>  * The Void class is an uninstantiable placeholder class to hold a
>  * reference to the Class object representing the Java keyword
>  * void.
>
> ObjectUtils.Null:
> A placeholder to represent null when null cannot be used. Usually used in
> collections (eg.Vector/Hashtable) or in caches (to represent that the search
> has been performed but returned nothing)
>
> Stephen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Subject: [lang] Why ObjectUtils.Null?
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> >
> > Out of interest, what service does ObjectUtils.Null have over
> > java.lang.VOID?
> >
> > Hen
> >
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