support null defaults (#1285)

baltzell · web-flow · commit a362ed71a7aa · 2026-05-23T00:33:25.000Z
diff --git a/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java b/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ public boolean parse(List<String> arguments){
     }
 
     public boolean isDefault() {
-        return this.optionValue.equals(this.optionDefault);
+        return this.optionValue==null || this.optionValue.equals(this.optionDefault);
     }
 }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ public boolean parse(List<String> arguments){`
`55`	`55`	`}`
`56`	`56`
`57`	`57`	`public boolean isDefault() {`
`58`		`- return this.optionValue.equals(this.optionDefault);`
	`58`	`+ return this.optionValue==null \|\| this.optionValue.equals(this.optionDefault);`
`59`	`59`	`}`
`60`	`60`	`}`