Hi,
1. I think you can check for j != null to see if it has been instantiated.
2. In your example, j is only in scope within the constructor - it would
have to be a class variable I think:
public class foo
{
String j;
foo()
{
...
}
void output()
{
if(j != null)
dosomething();
}
...
}
slan,
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacqueline Ng [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 4 January 2000 13:46
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: off-topic: object instantiation check
>
> Hi there,
>
> Is there a method in the Java API which can check to see if a class has an
> instantiated object, like in the code below
>
> public class foo
> {
> foo()
> {
> String j;
> ...
> }
> output()
> {
> if (j.objectexist() )
> dosomething()
> }
> }
>
> Thanx,
>
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