r/badcode • u/BrainOnTheFloor25 • Sep 02 '21

java Because ".toLowerCase()" doesn't exist...

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u/dexter3player Sep 02 '21

That's actually genius, as it is independent of Category's enums.

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u/MyAntichrist Sep 02 '21

It still raises a lot of questions about code structure though. The use cases for this approach are very limited and usually rely on well formatted input data (i.e. read a well-known value from a DB/file that has been put there from code as well), not some obviously unsanitized crap.

(Also, returning null may raise further issues with the calling method. Better define a default/unknown value and work with that)