NullPointerCatching

check this code. When my tomcat asks if it is null WHEN IT IS NULL, the whole thing falls apart, fine otherwise.......?

String [] sizes = request.getParameterValues("sizes");

System.out.println(sizes);

try

{

if (!sizes.equals(null))//THE NULL LINE THAT CRASHES

{

request.setAttribute("sizes", sizes);

}

}

catch (java.lang.NullPointerException e)

{

//e.printStackTrace();

String[] sizes1 = new String[1];

sizes1[0]="Please Enter At Least One Selection";

request.setAttribute("sizes", sizes1);

}

[598 byte] By [burntcandlea] at [2007-10-3 2:07:29]