blank.rb : Evaluate whether the Object is nil or empty. Makes sure it gets evaluated regardless of empty or nil.

blank.rb

# Evaluate whether the Object is nil or empty. Makes sure it gets evaluated regardless of empty or nil.
#
# Author::    Christopher J. Woodall  (mailto:chris.j.woodall@gmail.com)
# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2011 Christopher J. Woodall
# License::   All Rights Reserverd

# add blank? method to Object
class Object
  # Checks for nil? and empty? at once... If one fails move to the other.
  def blank?
    begin
      self.nil? || self.empty?
    rescue NoMethodError
      self.nil?
    end
  end
end