Re: Passing NULL Objects

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"fb" <fb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello everyone.  I have the following:

//Perform a search for the account number
public BankAccount searchAccounts (Vector<BankAccount> bankAccounts ,
long accountNumber){
  int accNum=0;
  for(int x=0;x<bankAccounts.size();x++){
    if(bankAccounts.elementAt(x) == accountNumber){
      return ??  //I want to return the object that matches from the
Vector to the calling function
    else
      return ??  //How do I return a NULL object (The reason is that I
can test for it in the returning function)
  }


So...returning null objects. Any thoughts? :-) 


to return a null object:
    return null;  //easy, eh?


Indeed.  I overthought the process.  Thank you.


but this line:
     if(bankAccounts.elementAt(x) == accountNumber)
will never evaluate to true because a BankAccount is not a long

perhaps you meant something like:
     if(bankAccounts.elementAt(x).getAccountNumber() == accountNumber) ...


I did. Thanks again. You seem to have a frighteningly clear grasp of what I'm trying to do. :-)

fb
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