edu.memphis.iis.demosurvey

Class Utils

java.lang.Object

edu.memphis.iis.demosurvey.Utils

public class Utils
extends Object

Simple utility class for our demo project. Note that a real-world project would use things like Apache Commons for these functions

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Utils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	defStr(String s) Override that uses that def=""
static String	defStr(String s, String def) If isBlankString(s) is true then return def else return s
static boolean	isBlankString(String s) Return true if the given string is null, empty (""), or only whitespace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Utils

public Utils()

Method Detail

isBlankString

public static boolean isBlankString(String s)

Return true if the given string is null, empty (""), or only whitespace

Parameters:

s - The string to evalulate

Returns:

True if string is blank (false otherwise)

defStr

public static String defStr(String s,
            String def)

If isBlankString(s) is true then return def else return s

Parameters:

s - the string to check

def - the default string to return

Returns:

the chosen string

defStr

public static String defStr(String s)

Override that uses that def=""

Parameters:

s - the string to to check

Returns:

the result of defStr(s, "")