My boss said I should use null == obj
, because it's better than obj == null
, but he didn't remember why to do this. Is there any reason for using null == obj
?
I feel it somehow... opposite!
After some search on Google, the only thing I found is:
in C, it prevents you accidentally from typing (obj = null) in a conditional structure.
You can't accidently assign null
to obj
by typing obj = null
instead. However, that's a reminiscence from C times, in java, it is not possible, as the =
expression returns the right hand side of the assignment. As null
is not a boolean
, the compiler will complain.
I would try to explain it to my boss once, demonstrate it. If he still doesn't agree with you, just do it. It's a petty thing to fight about with your boss.