Why not using UtilValidate.isNotEmpty(this.description)? It's not yet build at this stage?
> Author: adrianc
> Date: Mon Sep 5 10:47:32 2011
> New Revision: 1165233
>
> URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1165233&view=rev> Log:
> Fix NPE I introduced in my previous commit. Reported by Chatree Srichart.
>
> Modified:
> ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ModelFormField.java
>
> Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ModelFormField.java
> URL:
>
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ModelFormField.java?rev=1165233&r1=1165232&r2=1165233&view=diff> ==============================================================================
> --- ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ModelFormField.java (original)
> +++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ModelFormField.java Mon Sep 5 10:47:32 2011
> @@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@ public class ModelFormField {
>
> public String getDescription(Map<String, Object> context) {
> String retVal = null;
> - if (!this.description.isEmpty()) {
> + if (this.description != null && !this.description.isEmpty()) {
> retVal = this.description.expandString(context);
> } else {
> retVal = this.modelFormField.getEntry(context);
> @@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ public class ModelFormField {
> throw new IllegalArgumentException(errMsg);
> }
> }
> - if (!this.description.isEmpty() && retVal != null && this.getModelFormField().getEncodeOutput()) {
> + if (this.description != null && !this.description.isEmpty() && retVal != null &&
> this.getModelFormField().getEncodeOutput()) {
> StringUtil.SimpleEncoder simpleEncoder = (StringUtil.SimpleEncoder) context.get("simpleEncoder");
> if (simpleEncoder != null) {
> retVal = simpleEncoder.encode(retVal);
>
>