question: convenience method to get this element as a jsonnull . if the element is of some other type , a illegalstateexception will result . hence it is best to use this methodafter ensuring that this element is of the desired type by calling #isjsonnull first . concode_field_sep PlaceHolder placeHolder concode_field_sep float getAsFloat concode_elem_sep BigInteger getAsBigInteger concode_elem_sep byte getAsByte concode_elem_sep JsonObject getAsJsonObject concode_elem_sep BigDecimal getAsBigDecimal concode_elem_sep boolean isJsonNull concode_elem_sep Number getAsNumber concode_elem_sep char getAsCharacter concode_elem_sep String getAsString concode_elem_sep boolean isJsonArray concode_elem_sep double getAsDouble concode_elem_sep int getAsInt concode_elem_sep JsonElement deepCopy concode_elem_sep boolean isJsonPrimitive concode_elem_sep long getAsLong concode_elem_sep JsonArray getAsJsonArray concode_elem_sep boolean isJsonObject concode_elem_sep JsonPrimitive getAsJsonPrimitive concode_elem_sep boolean getAsBoolean concode_elem_sep Boolean getAsBooleanWrapper concode_elem_sep String toString concode_elem_sep short getAsShort
target: JsonNull function ( ) { if ( isJsonNull ( ) ) { return ( JsonNull ) this ; } throw new IllegalStateException ( "srini_string" ) ; }