Object reference not set to an instance of an object. [duplicate]

Answer 1

I want to extend MattMitchell's answer by saying you can create an extension method for this functionality:

public static IsEmptyOrWhitespace(this string value) {
    return String.IsEmptyOrWhitespace(value);
}

This makes it possible to call:

string strValue;
if (strValue.IsEmptyOrWhitespace())
     // do stuff

To me this is a lot cleaner than calling the static String function, while still being NullReference safe!