Hi Bindul,
Let's see what this would look like with a PR :-)
Gary
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 01:23 Bindul Bhowmik <bindulbhow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to propose an enhancement to the ObjectUtils class in lang:
>
> Background: I have seen multiple places in code where we have to check
> if a value is null before using it in a setter or other method, like:
>
> if (valueX != null) {
> bean.setValue(valueX);
> someObject.compute(valueX, "bar");
> }
>
> I was wondering if there is interest to add a method like the
> following in ObjectUtils:
>
> public static <T> void applyIfNonNull(final Consumer<T> consumer,
> final T object)
> public static <T> void applyFirstNonNull(final Consumer<T>
> consumer, final T... objects)
>
> With this the two statements above could be applied as:
>
> ObjectUtils.applyIfNonNull(bean::setValue, valueX);
> ObjectUtils.appyIfNonNull(v -> someObject.compute(v, "bar"), valueX);
>
> Of course, the benefit of this increases with more such null checks we
> need in the code that can be replaced by single statements.
>
> I am happy to open a JIRA and GH pull request if there is interest in
> this minor enhancement.
>
> Bindul
>
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