private String[] getDescs(Object[] l) {
    if (l == null) {
      return new String[0];
    } else {
      String[] result = new String[l.length];
      for (int i = 0; i < l.length; i++) {
        result[i] = getDesc(l[i]);
      }
      return result;
    }
  }
For use only by DataExternalizable mechanism
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/admin/remote/RemoteRegionAttributes.java