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From: "Phil Steitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Currently, StringUtils.indexOfAny(str, searchStrings) returns 0 if
> searchStrings contains "", but we return -1 if it contains null. Is
> this the way we want it to work? We should add javadoc in any case.
I guess it has to be. String.indexOf("") returns 0. So this just matches
that behaviour.
> One more thing. I really like the examples in the javadoc, but in some
> cases they might be clearer/more complete if we used "*" to indicate
> *any* value (i.e., null, "", " ", "abc", etc). For example,
>
> StringUtils.indexOfAny(null, *) = -1
> StringUtils.indexOfAny(*, null) = -1
I think I'm OK with it. The downside is it involves learning a convention.
But I think its probably obvious enough. Any other views?
Stephen
> I am preparing a patch fixing a few small typos/omissions in the
> StringUtils javadoc. Is it OK if I use this notation?
>
> Phil
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