[jira] [Commented] (LANG-1306) Add nullToEmpty method in StringUtils

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ASF GitHub Bot commented on LANG-1306:
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GitHub user arbasha opened a pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/pull/224

    [LANG-1306] Add nullToEmpty method in StringUtils

    [Jira Link](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1306)

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commit cee84c01f986415dd2873d3623f67080d6470c09
Author: Basha <ar...@paypalcorp.com>
Date:   2016-12-31T12:12:00Z

    Added method nullToEmpty in StringUtils.

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> Add nullToEmpty method in StringUtils
> -------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LANG-1306
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1306
>             Project: Commons Lang
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: lang.*
>            Reporter: Arshad Basha
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 3.6
>
>
> The nullToEmpty method will convert null reference to empty string, for non null str it will return the str as it is (i.e. without striping or removing space)
> This method doesn't strips white-space nor removes control characters from the start and end of the input string like StringUtils.stripToEmpty and StringUtils.trimToEmpty methods.
> This method will allow us to replace common code patterns like the following from client side code:
> 1) if(str == null) {   str = "";  }
> 2) return str == null ? "" : str;
> Examples:
>         assertEquals("", StringUtils.nullToEmpty(null));
>         assertEquals("", StringUtils.nullToEmpty(""));
>         assertEquals("abc", StringUtils.nullToEmpty("abc"));
>         assertEquals("  abc", StringUtils.nullToEmpty("  abc"));
>         assertEquals("abc  ", StringUtils.nullToEmpty("abc  "));
>         assertEquals("abc\t", StringUtils.nullToEmpty("abc\t"));



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