Index: StringUtils.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-commons/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtils.java,v
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -r1.32 StringUtils.java
--- StringUtils.java	20 Jan 2003 22:15:13 -0000	1.32
+++ StringUtils.java	22 Jan 2003 18:22:10 -0000
@@ -120,6 +120,21 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * <p>Removes control characters, including whitespace, from both
+     * ends of this String. Returns null if the String is empty or if 
+     * it's null.</p>
+     *
+     * @see StringUtils#isEmpty(String)
+     * @see java.lang.String#trim()
+     * @param str the String to check
+     * @return the trimmed text (or <code>null</code>)
+     */
+    public static String trimNull(String str) {
+        String ts = trim(str);
+        return (ts == null || ts.length() == 0 ? null : ts);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * <p>Deletes all 'space' characters from a String.</p>
      *
      * <p>Spaces are defined as <code>{' ', '\t', '\r', '\n', '\b'}</code>