empty is not the same as null in java. this is a java specific
discussion btw.
rob stone wrote on 5/11/20 2:20 AM:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 2020-05-11 at 01:03 -0400, javadesigner wrote:
>> Hi all:
>>
>>
>> From the doco:-
>> [..]
>>
>> Note this paragraph:- "Retrieves the Map object associated with this
>> Connection object. Unless the application has added an entry, the type
>> map returned will be empty." I.e., null.
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