Boolean return null

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I have this “helper” class that contains a number of values taken from the server, for example:

public boolean getSettings1(){
 return (Boolean) user.getProperty("settings1");
}

Which I then use to check against like:

if(prefs.getSettings1()){
 //Do stuff
}

However, I’ve set this boolean’s default value to “false” in my console. Yet I get a nullpointer exception when checking that value. And I do have a logged in user for sure since I can receive a userID with no exceptions . So what may I be doing wrong here?
Am I using the wrong datatype? When I try returning Boolean instead of boolean I can atleast check if it’s null and get around this problem, but it’s not a solution I would like to fall back to.
The error is: by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method ‘boolean java.lang.Boolean.booleanValue()’ on a null object reference

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Hello,
If you had data in your user table before you apply the default value, all the previous records in table get null for new column.
That is a known issue,
Please use checks for null in your code as a workaround.

Artur.

3

Oh I see. Thanks for clearing that up!