Re: Java programming style question

In article <1178294413.418046.7710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
mike.mkaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
On May 4, 3:00 pm, David Kerber
<ns_dkerber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What is the preferred way of checking for an empty string that I already
know is not Null?

Is it better (however you define that) to check for .length = 0, or
.equals( "" )?

TIA!
Dave
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As of JDK 6, the String class now has an "isEmpty" method that returns
true if the length is zero. So I'd say use "isEmpty" if on JDK 6, or
otherwise check the length.

Yes, I'm using 1.5, so that's what I'll use. Thanks for the comments,
guys!

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