Initial revision of a string-related utilities class.

git-svn-id: https://samskivert.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@10 6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c

projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Makefile

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+#
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 2000/10/31 00:04:15 mdb Exp $
+
+ROOT = ../../..
+
+SRCS = \
+	StringUtil.java \
+
+include $(ROOT)/build/Makefile.java

projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java

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+//
+// $Id: StringUtil.java,v 1.1 2000/10/31 00:04:15 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.samskivert.util;
+
+/**
+ * String related utility functions.
+ */
+public class StringUtil
+{
+    /**
+     * @return true if the string is null or empty, false otherwise.
+     */
+    public static boolean blank (String value)
+    {
+	return (value == null || value.trim().length() == 0);
+    }
+}