DO NOT REPLY [Bug 14488] New: - toString() on Perl5Util throws null pointer exception

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toString() on Perl5Util throws null pointer exception

           Summary: toString() on Perl5Util throws null pointer exception
           Product: ORO
           Version: 2.0.6
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Main
        AssignedTo: oro-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: gow@4thpass.com


The practice of having toString()in the ORO classes return the results of the 
last match or else throw null pointer exception is very detrimental to using 
the class in interpreted environments such as beanshell and probably jython. 
These environments call toString() as a matter of course after assigning a 
constructed object to a variable. It would be very helpful if the toString() 
method would return Object.toString() rather than throw a null pointer 
exception in the event that it is called before any match on the object.

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