java/Ref: allow LocalRef to be nullable

Makes using the Java glue classes simpler to use, at the cost of very
little overhead.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/java/Ref.hxx b/src/java/Ref.hxx
index 686907477..37dc50bd8 100644
--- a/src/java/Ref.hxx
+++ b/src/java/Ref.hxx
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ namespace Java {
 
 	public:
 		/**
-		 * The local reference is obtained by the caller.
+		 * The local reference is obtained by the caller.  May
+		 * be nullptr.
 		 */
 		LocalRef(JNIEnv *_env, T _value) noexcept
 			:env(_env), value(_value)
 		{
 			assert(env != nullptr);
-			assert(value != nullptr);
 		}
 
 		~LocalRef() noexcept {
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ namespace Java {
 			return env;
 		}
 
+		operator bool() const noexcept {
+			return value != nullptr;
+		}
+
 		T Get() const noexcept {
 			return value;
 		}