Write up a JIRA and a patch and go for it! I would recommend that the name be "firstNonNull" rather than "coalesce". The verb coalesce implies things coming together rather than selecting one of many.
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:39 AM, thomas menzel <[email protected]>wrote: > hi, > > after writing an if (x != null) {o = ...} else if (y != null) {o = } ... > cascade, i just thought that we could use a coalesce operator in java as > well.... > > > until sun will support this i think this could be hosted somewhere in the > commons.lang package: > > Operators.coalesce(final Object... object); > > this then would return the first non-null objecet from the given > list/array. > > alternatively this could also go on ObjectUtils. > > what do u think? > > -- > Neu: GMX DSL bis 50.000 kBit/s und 200,- Euro Startguthaben! > http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Ted Dunning, CTO DeepDyve
