/* * Author: Kishore Reddy * Url: http://commonlibrarynet.codeplex.com/ * Title: CommonLibrary.NET * Copyright: ? 2009 Kishore Reddy * License: LGPL License * LicenseUrl: http://commonlibrarynet.codeplex.com/license * Description: A C# based .NET 3.5 Open-Source collection of reusable components. * Usage: Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; namespace GenericCode { public class StringHelpers { /// <summary> /// Returns the defaultval if the val string is null or empty. /// Returns the val string otherwise. /// </summary> /// <param name="val"></param> /// <param name="defaultVal"></param> /// <returns></returns> public static string GetDefaultStringIfEmpty(string val, string defaultVal) { if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(val)) return defaultVal; return val; } } }