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List:       jakarta-commons-dev
Subject:    Re: [lang] New StringUtils method - defaultIfEmpty
From:       Stephen Colebourne <scolebourne () btopenworld ! com>
Date:       2005-03-31 22:52:03
Message-ID: 424C7F13.1010405 () btopenworld ! com
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It depends really on how you perceive the function, ie. which group of 
methods does it belong to.

I perceive this as an extension to the default* methods, as its just 
deaulting based on another condition.

trimToDefault isn't wrong, but its not where *I* would look for the method.

Stephen

Gary Gregory wrote:
> It sounds OK but there might be a different (better?) way.
> 
> We now have trimToEmpty and trimToNull methods. What about a
> trimToDefault method?
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Gary
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:scolebourne@btopenworld.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:29 PM
> To: Jakarta Commons Developers List
> Subject: [lang] New StringUtils method - defaultIfEmpty
> 
> Currently we have two default methods, both of which default when the 
> string parameter is null. At my job we just had need of a default if 
> empty method:
> 
> public String defaultIfEmpty(String str, String defaultString) {
>   if (isEmpty(str)) {
>    return defaultString;
>   } else {
>    return str;
>   }
> }
> 
> Does this sound OK to add?
> 
> Stephen
> 
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