From 9cec8cc0e22f657e019b6f2badfdf3aca1502af3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olaf Wintermann <olaf.wintermann@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2025 16:36:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow null in UiString.setString()

---
 ui-java/src/main/java/de/unixwork/ui/UiString.java | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ui-java/src/main/java/de/unixwork/ui/UiString.java b/ui-java/src/main/java/de/unixwork/ui/UiString.java
index f9ce005..48edfb9 100644
--- a/ui-java/src/main/java/de/unixwork/ui/UiString.java
+++ b/ui-java/src/main/java/de/unixwork/ui/UiString.java
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public class UiString {
 
     public void setString(String string) {
         ToolkitFuncs ui = ToolkitFuncs.getInstance();
+        if(string == null) {
+            string = "";
+        }
         try (Arena arena = Arena.ofConfined()) {
             MemorySegment cstr = arena.allocateFrom(string);
             ui.string_set.invoke(valuePtr, cstr);
-- 
2.47.3