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Jacques Le Roux commented on OFBIZ-4427:
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Sounds good, looking forward :)
> Runtime errors with UtilValidate.isEmpty(Object) and IsNotEmpty should be caught during compilation
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>                 Key: OFBIZ-4427
>                 URL: 
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-4427>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: framework
>    Affects Versions: Trunk
>            Reporter: Jacques Le Roux
>            Assignee: Paul Foxworthy
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: UtilValidate.isEmpty
>         Attachments: OFBIZ-4427.patch, OFBIZ-4427_isEmpty.patch
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> Hence we need to remove the UtilValidate.isEmpty(Object) method and provide methods that accept explicit types.  
> Adrian then (
http://markmail.org/message/37rtrnulhmyzxfoo) suggested that 
> bq. Scripting languages should use a facade class that provides methods for working with generic Objects or providing default behaviors.
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