Java Object Null Check for method

java null-check
CoShark picture CoShark · Feb 9, 2014 · Viewed 106.2k times · Source

I need to create a null check in this formula for the books[i] and I am not entirely sure how to go about this as I am not greatly familiar with null checks and very new at programming. Any and all help is much appreciated!

public static double calculateInventoryTotal(Book[] books)
{
    double total = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < books.length; i++)
    {
        total += books[i].getPrice();
    }

    return total;
}

Answer

Kuba Spatny picture Kuba Spatny · Feb 9, 2014

First you should check if books itself isn't null, then simply check whether books[i] != null:

if(books==null) throw new IllegalArgumentException();

for (int i = 0; i < books.length; i++){
   if(books[i] != null){
        total += books[i].getPrice();
   }
}

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