Name: boT120536 Date: 02/08/2001


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

This bug was formerly issued unter No. 115987

The problem is that ActiveX-Bridge always converts java.lang.Double class to
double data type. This is very bad because we have many beans that essentially
need to get/set Double: The beans rely on the NULL information for "there is no
value". For ActiveX-Bridge converts java.lang.*-Wrappers into data types, we
cannot read or set NULL for this methods!

See this source code:

public class theBean implements java.io.Serializable {
  private Double _value = new Double(10.0581);
  public theBean() {
  }
  public Double getDouble() {
    return this._value;
  }
  public void setDouble(Double newValue) {
    this._value = newValue;
  }
}

When I try to access this bean from ActiveX (either C++, VisualBasic or
something else), getDouble delivers double not Double, and setDouble accepts
double but not Double. So I cannot do setDouble(NULL) from inside C++ and I
cannot check if(myInstance.getDouble()==NULL)! This is only with java.lang.*-
Wrappers! Other datatypes work.
(Review ID: 116113)
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