public String getString()

in src/main/java/org/apache/tomcat/jakartaee/StringManager.java [121:150]

• 15 lines of code
• 4 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    public String getString(String key) {
        if (key == null){
            String msg = "key may not have a null value";
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg);
        }

        String str = null;

        try {
            // Avoid NPE if bundle is null and treat it like an MRE
            if (bundle != null) {
                str = bundle.getString(key);
            }
        } catch (MissingResourceException mre) {
            //bad: shouldn't mask an exception the following way:
            //   str = "[cannot find message associated with key '" + key +
            //         "' due to " + mre + "]";
            //     because it hides the fact that the String was missing
            //     from the calling code.
            //good: could just throw the exception (or wrap it in another)
            //      but that would probably cause much havoc on existing
            //      code.
            //better: consistent with container pattern to
            //      simply return null.  Calling code can then do
            //      a null check.
            str = null;
        }

        return str;
    }