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  1. Java
  2. Data Type
  3. String char

Checks if a String is whitespace, empty ("") or null.

     
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.TimeZone;


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/**
 * <p>Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.</p>

 *
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @author <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/">Apache Jakarta Turbine</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:jon@latchkey.com">Jon S. Stevens</a>
 * @author Daniel L. Rall
 * @author <a href="mailto:gcoladonato@yahoo.com">Greg Coladonato</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:ed@apache.org">Ed Korthof</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:rand_mcneely@yahoo.com">Rand McNeely</a>
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com">Fredrik Westermarck</a>
 * @author Holger Krauth
 * @author <a href="mailto:alex@purpletech.com">Alexander Day Chaffee</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 * @author Scott Johnson
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {


  /**
   * <p>Checks if a String is whitespace, empty ("") or null.</p>
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isBlank(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isBlank("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isBlank(" ")       = true
   * StringUtils.isBlank("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isBlank("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @return <code>true</code> if the String is null, empty or whitespace
   * @since 2.0
   */
  public static boolean isBlank(String str) {
      int strLen;
      if (str == null || (strLen = str.length()) == 0) {
          return true;
      }
      for (int i = 0; i < strLen; i++) {
          if ((Character.isWhitespace(str.charAt(i)) == false)) {
              return false;
          }
      }
      return true;
  }
}








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