private String getDisplayLabel(Node node) { String displayLabel = ""; if(node.getParentNode() != null && node.getPathElement() != null) { if(!node.isCollectionNode()) { displayLabel = dataDictionaryService.getAttributeLabel(node.getParentNode().getType(), node.getPathElement().toString()); } else { displayLabel = dataDictionaryService.getCollectionLabel(node.getParentNode().getType(), node.getPathElement().toString()); } if(displayLabel != null) { displayLabel = displayLabel.toUpperCase(); } else { //this method will never return null displayLabel = ""; } } return displayLabel; }