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package org.mifos.customers.center.util.helpers;
/**
* This class contains methods which can be used to validate certain fields.
* Contsins methods to check if a particuar value is either null or blank
*/
public class ValidateMethods {
/***
* This method checks if a particuar value is either null or blank
*
* @param value
* the value that has to be checked as to whether it is null or
* blank
* @return True or false as to whether the value passed was null or blank
*/
public static boolean isNullOrBlank(String value) {
boolean isValueNull = false;
if (value == null || value.trim().equals(CenterConstants.BLANK)) {
isValueNull = true;
}
return isValueNull;
}
}