isNullOrBlank

inline fun CharSequence?.isNullOrBlank(): Boolean(source)

Returns true if this nullable char sequence is either null or empty or consists solely of whitespace characters.

Samples



import java.util.Locale


import kotlin.test.*
fun main() { 
   //sampleStart 
   fun validateName(name: String?): String {
    if (name.isNullOrBlank()) throw IllegalArgumentException("Name cannot be blank")
    // name is not nullable here anymore due to a smart cast after calling isNullOrBlank
    return name
}

println(validateName("Adam")) // Adam
// validateName(null) //  will fail
// validateName("") //  will fail
// validateName("  \t\n") //  will fail 
   //sampleEnd
}