java resultset 为空_Java中的ResultSet可以'null'吗？

我有一个非常基本的代码执行一个select查询并返回一个布尔值，具体取决于结果集是否为空 .

public boolean checkIfUserHasPreferences(String username){

ResultSet rs = null;

boolean checkBoolean = false;

try {

DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());

con = DriverManager.getConnection(Messages.getString("OracleUserManagement.0"), Messages.getString("OracleUserManagement.1"), Messages.getString("OracleUserManagement.2")); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$

PreparedStatement statement = con.prepareStatement("SELECT USERNAME FROM USER_PREFERENCES WHERE USERNAME = ?");

statement.setString(1, username);

rs = statement.executeQuery();

if (rs == null){

System.out.println("I checked it was true!");

checkBoolean = true;

} else {

System.out.println("I checked it was false!");

checkBoolean = false;

}

con.commit();

con.close();

} catch (SQLException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

return checkBoolean;

}

让我感到困惑的是，即使表/数据库是空的，它总是打印出“我检查它是假的！” .

这是因为即使结果集返回0行，它也不是= null？我应该使用while(rs.next())来检查吗？