Richard Hill-7 wrote:
>
> Well you can't call a method on null! null is not a String with value
> "null". It's a special value in java - basically a reference to a value
> called null (i.e distinct from an undefined variable that has no
> reference assigned). You need to check for a null value before calling
> any methods:
>
> if(user.getUserType() != null &&
> user.getUserType().equalsIgnoreCase("Admin")) {
>
> ....
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 05:38 -0700, robnangle wrote:
>> Richard Hill-7 wrote:
>> >
>> > You don't say what line your getting your npe but I'm guessing it's
>> > this:
>> >
>> > if(user.getUserType().equalsIgnoreCase("Admin")
>> >
>> > if .getUserType() is null as you imply it can be then
>> > calling .equalsIgnorecase() is going to result in an npe.
>> >
>>
>> Ye thats the line im getting it on. Yes everybodys userType will be null
>> after the first user who was set to Admin. How do I get around this or is
>> it
>> possible?
>>
>> I thought you could just:
>>
>> public boolean adminUser() {
>> if(user.getUserType().equalsIgnoreCase("Admin")) {
>> adminUser = true;
>> setAdminUser(true);
>> }
>> else if(user.getUserType().equalsIgnoreCase(null)) {
>> adminUser = false;
>> }
>> return adminUser;
>> }
>>
>> However it never goes by the first if when the user is not an admin
>> user..
>>
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