Null Pointer exception despite using Float

[Vic Hood]

Hi All ,
Im trying to insert null values into a database for a particular column , if there has been no entry into a field .
I'm using a bean to carry my data around .

// Assume the variable fmotorrating has value null at this point
	if (bean.getFmotorRating().equals(null)){  
				  stmt.setNull(8, Types.FLOAT);  // I get an NPE error here 
				}  
				else {  
				  stmt.setFloat(8, bean.getFmotorRating());    
				}  

fmotorrating is defined as

 private Float fmotorRating;
public Float getFmotorRating() {
		
		return fmotorRating;
	}
	public void setFmotorRating(Float fmotorRating) {
		
		this.fmotorRating = fmotorRating;
	}

Any pointers as to why this could be happening?

[Harsha Smith]

.equals or == null?

Line 2

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

Are you sure you get exception at stmt.setNull(8, Types.FLOAT); ? because even I doubt that how the if statement is succeed?

[lokesh pattajoshi]

Hi,

If

bean.getFmotorRating()

is returning null than in that line only you will get Null Pointer Exception as you can't use dot operator on null.

Instead of

if (bean.getFmotorRating().equals(null))

you can use

 if (bean.getFmotorRating()==null)

Regards,
Lokesh

[Vic Hood]

Hi All I tried that , earlier it wasnt working however now its working . Weird .

Thank you for your help . All!