[Quickfix-developers] Re: empty tag

[Oren M. <or...@qu...>]

We could, although more likely I would throw a NoTagValue exception.  I =
don't much like the idea of having QF silently ignoring a field that the =
developer would be expecting to go out in the message (much like I don't =
like the current behavior).  I can imagine the head scratching that =
would go on if they added a field and then found it mysteriously absent =
in the logs.

In either case if you have a field that might contain a blank value, I =
would suggest checking it before adding it to a message.

--oren
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Alvin Wang=20
  To: qui...@li... ; =
qui...@li...=20
  Cc: Oren Miller=20
  Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:10 PM
  Subject: empty tag



  HI=20

  If I set a tag as below:=20
  message.set(new Text(text));=20
  and if the variable "text" is null. QF will include an empty tag 58. =
As a result, some FIX engine (such as QF itself) on the other end will =
reject the message.  Can QF skip including empty tag?=20

  Thanks=20
  Alvin =
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