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Re: looking at generic

> Eric VERGNAUD wrote:
>
>> You still *think* C++, apparently. How can "dereference a null pointer " in
>> Java ? 

 String s = null;
 int c = s.charAt(0);

Normally it's more subtle than that, of course. 

Not a good example since that code doesn't work.  It'll throw a
NullPointerException on the second line.

That's precisely the point. When you said you liked the exception handling in Java I thought you meant the fact that it behaves predictably and when you try to dereference a null pointer or anything else the JVM will throw an exception rather than crash your program.

-Rolf
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Rolf Howarth, Square Box Systems Ltd, Stratford-upon-Avon UK.
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