How to handle a null object in an ASP.NET code block
<p>Given the following simplified code block in ASP.NET </p>

<pre><code>&lt;% foreach( item in Model) { %&gt;

    &lt;%=item.OriginalText.OriginalText1 %&gt;
&lt;%} %&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>OriginalText is a class which may be null.  I am looking for a simple (clean) way to check for this null and return an empty string ("") instead.  </p>
