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isNullOrEmptyString

boolean sutil.isNullOrEmptyString ( Object object )

Description

Determine if an object's value is null or empty.

Parameters

  • object The object whole value will be tested.

Return Values

Returns true if the value of the object is null or an empty string; otherwise, it returns false.

Change Log

Version Description
5.0 Added for all editions.

Examples

Warning for Empty Variable

 // Give warning and stop scrape if variable is empty
 if ( sutil.isNullOrEmptyString( session.getv( "NAME" ) ) )
 {
     session.log( "The NAME variable was blank." );
     session.stopScraping();
 }

scraper on 07/16/2010 at 5:20 pm