Wednesday, February 6, 2013

StringUtils.isNotEmpty() VS StringUtils.isNotBlank() in Java

isNotEmpty

public static boolean isNotEmpty(String str)
Checks if a String is not empty ("") and not null.
 StringUtils.isNotEmpty(null)      = false
 StringUtils.isNotEmpty("")        = false
 StringUtils.isNotEmpty(" ")       = true
 StringUtils.isNotEmpty("bob")     = true
 StringUtils.isNotEmpty("  bob  ") = true
 



Parameters:
str - the String to check, may be null

Returns:
true if the String is not empty and not null



isNotBlank

public static boolean isNotBlank(String str)
Checks if a String is not empty (""), not null and not whitespace only.
 StringUtils.isNotBlank(null)      = false
 StringUtils.isNotBlank("")        = false
 StringUtils.isNotBlank(" ")       = false
 StringUtils.isNotBlank("bob")     = true
 StringUtils.isNotBlank("  bob  ") = true
 



Parameters:
str - the String to check, may be null

Returns:
true if the String is not empty and not null and not whitespace








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