From 933c486986fbc34dd54099b58d5d96b7eb5ad95d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: samskivert <samskivert@6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 22:21:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make Strings more like Options.

git-svn-id: https://samskivert.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2558 6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c
---
 src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
index 7733bb8c..fd8017bb 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ public class StringUtil
         return truncate(s, maxLength, "");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the string if it is non-blank (see {@link #isBlank}), the default value otherwise.
+     */
+    public static String getOr (String value, String defval)
+    {
+        return isBlank(value) ? defval : value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Truncate the specified String if it is longer than maxLength.  The string will be truncated
      * at a position such that it is maxLength chars long after the addition of the 'append'