Field Detail

• EMPTY

  public static final String EMPTY

  The empty string.

  See Also:

  Constant Field Values

Method Detail

• dquote

  public static String dquote(String str)

  Returns a double quoted string.

  Parameters:

  str - a String

  Returns:

  "str"

• isBlank

  public static boolean isBlank(String s)

  Checks if a String is blank. A blank string is one that is null, empty, or when trimmed using String.trim() is empty.

  Parameters:

  s - the String to check, may be null

  Returns:

  true if the String is null, empty, or trims to empty.

• isEmpty

  public static boolean isEmpty(CharSequence cs)

  Checks if a CharSequence is empty ("") or null.

   Strings.isEmpty(null)      = true
   Strings.isEmpty("")        = true
   Strings.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   Strings.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   Strings.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   

  NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0. It no longer trims the CharSequence. That functionality is available in isBlank().

  Copied from Apache Commons Lang org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isEmpty(CharSequence)

  Parameters:

  cs - the CharSequence to check, may be null

  Returns:

  true if the CharSequence is empty or null

• isNotBlank

  public static boolean isNotBlank(String s)

  Checks if a String is not blank. The opposite of isBlank(String).

  Parameters:

  s - the String to check, may be null

  Returns:

  true if the String is non-null and has content after being trimmed.

• isNotEmpty

  public static boolean isNotEmpty(CharSequence cs)

  Checks if a CharSequence is not empty ("") and not null.

   Strings.isNotEmpty(null)      = false
   Strings.isNotEmpty("")        = false
   Strings.isNotEmpty(" ")       = true
   Strings.isNotEmpty("bob")     = true
   Strings.isNotEmpty("  bob  ") = true
   

  Copied from Apache Commons Lang org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isNotEmpty(CharSequence)

  Parameters:

  cs - the CharSequence to check, may be null

  Returns:

  true if the CharSequence is not empty and not null

• quote

  public static String quote(String str)

  Returns a quoted string.

  Parameters:

  str - a String

  Returns:

  'str'

• trimToNull

  public static String trimToNull(String str)

  Removes control characters (char <= 32) from both ends of this String returning null if the String is empty ("") after the trim or if it is null.

  The String is trimmed using String.trim(). Trim removes start and end characters <= 32.

   Strings.trimToNull(null)          = null
   Strings.trimToNull("")            = null
   Strings.trimToNull("     ")       = null
   Strings.trimToNull("abc")         = "abc"
   Strings.trimToNull("    abc    ") = "abc"
   

  Copied from Apache Commons Lang org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.trimToNull(String)

  Parameters:

  str - the String to be trimmed, may be null

  Returns:

  the trimmed String, null if only chars <= 32, empty or null String input