Here you can find the source of coalesce(String str1, String str2)
public static String coalesce(String str1, String str2)
//package com.java2s; /*/*w w w . ja v a 2 s.co m*/ Copyright 2010 Emory University This file is part of Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages. Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class Main { public static String coalesce(String str1, String str2) { if (str1 != null) return str1; return str2; } public static String coalesce(String str1, String str2, String str3) { if (str1 != null) return str1; if (str2 != null) return str2; return str3; } }