isWhitespace() still exists, but returns false for null. This is compliant with the other character test methods such as isAlpha().
Empty checks: isEmpty() - "" or null isBlank() - whitespace only, "" or null Character checks: isWhitespace() - whitespace or "" isAlpha() - alpha or "" etc. Thus, using isBlank avoids changing the functionality of the 1.0 isWhitespace. Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henri Yandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 1:37 AM Subject: RE: [lang] Proposal (2): isEmpty > > Ack. It would help if isWhitespace existed. I thought it did as a part of > our isAlpha etc methods. I need to check my assumptions more. > > I still think isWhitespace is a bit better as it matches the > naming/functionality of Character.isWhitespace (as char's cannot be null) > and the StringUtils general functionality of trying to do the > obvious/quietest thing on null, but it's not that important. > > Hen > > On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > I like the blank version as it is more expressive. > > > > Does this version isBlank trim? > > > > Gary > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 13:13 > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > > Subject: Re: [lang] Proposal (2): isEmpty > > > > From: "Henri Yandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > It isn't. My preference is now for > > > > > > > > isEmpty() - "" or null > > > > isBlank() - whitespace only, "" or null > > > > > > Could just tell people to do isWhitespace && isEmpty ? :) > > > > I feel isBlank() is more expressive than isWhitespace(). It just feels > > more inclusive of null and empty. > > > > if (isNotBlank()) { > > ...process data > > } > > OR > > if (isNotWhitespace()) { > > ...process data > > } > > > > Then again isWhitespace follows our naming definitions. > > > > --- > > > > isEmptyTrimmed() - trim() then "" or null > > > > > > I'm not sure there's any need for this. I wonder how much of the chars > > > less than 32 count as whitespace? But it seems that isWhitespace is for > > > most people's usage a superset of isEmptyTrimmed. > > > > Yeh, I'm happy to miss it out. > > > > --- > > > > (plus isNotEmpty, isNotBlank, isEmptyNN, isBlankNN) > > > > > > Still hard to decide how far to go with all these. isEmptyNN is a > > > single-atom method. isNotEmpty just replaces a ! sign etc etc. > > > > The Nots are very useful for these cases as they are so frequent. > > > > --- > > > Does anyone actually want isEmptyNN, or is it just that people are unhappy > > > with the null-handling in StringUtils? In which case I think the NN is the > > > wrong solution, we need to be thinking about an ability to create a > > > StringUtils with a strategy or having an underlying hidden class and 3 > > > facade's for the different strategies. All 3.0. > > > > +1. Leave out NN for now. Its a bit of a hack. > > > > Stephen > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
