Allow null as parameter

Change-Id: I9601bca4af0dadf706a2e0ca2502595d10e7ee74
diff --git a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/PositionalParameterStringFormatter.java b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/PositionalParameterStringFormatter.java
index 89b2b75..647e0c0 100644
--- a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/PositionalParameterStringFormatter.java
+++ b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/PositionalParameterStringFormatter.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
             if (!current.contains("{}")) {
                 return current;
             }
-            current = current.replaceFirst("\\{\\}", parameter.toString());
+            current = current.replaceFirst("\\{\\}", String.valueOf(parameter));
         }
         return current;
     }