[jdom-interest] getText

[tsasala at hifusion.com]

	would this work better?

	if(text !=null && text.trim().length() > 0) {
	....
	} 

Brett McLaughlin wrote:
> 
> OK. Executive decision.
> 
> getText() no longer returns null, it returns the empty String, when
> there is either no content or empty content, etc.
> 
> The only negative I heard was that comparison to null was less costly
> than comparison to "" with .equals(). This is true; however, I think the
> typical code ends up being this anyway:
> 
> String text = element.getText();
> if ((text != null) && (!text.equals("")) {
>   System.out.println("Element text is " + text);
> }
> 
> in which case you use both. So you actually save this way.
> 
> So I'm putting it in CVS now.
> 
> -Brett
> 
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