Comments on: Autoboxing Makes Null Fun! http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/17/autoboxing-makes-null-fun/ Ben is Vice President of Mobile Engineering at Walmart.com, where he works closely with his long-time friend Dion Almaer. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:56:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ben Galbraith http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/17/autoboxing-makes-null-fun/#comment-2715 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:06:46 +0000 http://galbraiths.org/blog/2007/03/17/autoboxing-makes-null-fun/#comment-2715 Perhaps throw something like a WrapperNullException with a message like “A primitive wrapper type contained a null value and could not be coerced to a primitive.”

Nah, that would be too clear. Better to throw an NPE with no specific explanation.

]]> By: Ricky Clarkson http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/17/autoboxing-makes-null-fun/#comment-2714 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:43:37 +0000 http://galbraiths.org/blog/2007/03/17/autoboxing-makes-null-fun/#comment-2714 What would you rather it did?

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