Java Type Coalesce coalesce(Object... items)

Description

Find first non-null and non-empty item

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
items	a parameter

Return

First matched String or else empty string

Declaration

public static String coalesce(Object... items) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**/*from w w  w.ja  v  a 2 s .  co m*/
     * Find first non-null and non-empty item
     * @param items
     * @return First matched String or else empty string
     */
    public static String coalesce(Object... items) {
        if (items == null) {
            return "";
        }
        for (Object item : items) {
            if (item != null && ((String) item).length() > 0) {
                return item.toString();
            }
        }
        return "";
    }
}

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