One step check for null value & emptiness of a string

Question

I have a setter method.

Then when another (say generate) method is run, I need to check the value of my fields. So in the case of String property, I need to know if

Answer 1

Add maven dependency for com.google.guava

Then in your code:

import com.google.common.base.Strings;

if(!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(s)) {
  // Do stuff here
}