what does it mean when an arryList returns []

[rammie singh]

Hi everybody

i have an application in which i am making a query and storing the results in an arryList.

and finally that arrayList is returned from the function.

but for no data the arrayList being returnd is [].

means say my arraylist is fetchSolnArrayList ...then after returning if i try to display as

   

System.out.println(fetchSolnArrayList)   

 

it returns [].

while in my application i need to have a condition where fetchSolnArrayList is null and on basis of that comparision i need to move ahead.

how can i make the arrayList to point to null if it returns [].

actually i tried something like this

  

if(fetchSolnArrayList == null || fetchSolnArrayList.equals("[]"))
{
       // some code
}

but i think this is not correct.Please help me in finding the solution.

[Bear Bibeault]

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[Rob Spoor]

[] means the list is empty - it has no elements. Now go to the API for List and find the method you need.