>>>>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:06:22 -0700, Shing Wai Chan <shing.wai.chan_at_oracle.com> said:
SW> Using String("null") in this case may not be a good idea as it
SW> introduces some special meaning of the String("null").
SW> I notice that different implementations seems to behave differently for
SW> ServletContext.getInitParameter(null).
SW> In GlassFish, it is NPE.
SW> In WebLogic, it is null.
Ahh, I misunderstood you. I thought the issue was asking about what to
return if the someone had done
<init-param>
<param-name>SomeValue</param-name>
<param-value></param-value>
</init-param>
What do you think we should do in that case?
I agree that we should throw NPE if the argument is null.
Ed
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