Package pro.tyshchenko.nullhater

Class EmptyRef

java.lang.Object

pro.tyshchenko.nullhater.EmptyRef

public final class EmptyRef
extends Object

Author:

Alexander Tyshchenko

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EmptyRef()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> T	justEmpty()	Some situation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

EmptyRef

public EmptyRef()

Method Details

justEmpty

public static <T> T justEmpty()

Some situation

 Object value = null; // here in as Object can be any class
  // you always need to assign with null reference
  // of course you can use Optional.ofNullable(), but exist situations
  // when you need to use just reference and you truly OOP guy that hate
  // null reference in code
 if (some condition) {
     value = ... some value
 } else if (some condition) {
     value = ... some value
 }

Usage

 Object value = justEmpty();
 

Type Parameters:

T -

Returns:

wrapped null reference