Demonstrates a minor issue with node-html-encoder's `htmlEncode` and `htmlDecode` functions.

example.js

var Encoder = require('./lib/encoder.js').Encoder;
var encoder = new Encoder('entity');

console.log('');
console.log('Generally, when no characters need to be encoded,');
console.log('htmlEncode() returns input string.');
console.log('');
console.log('For example,');
console.log('  encoder.htmlEncode("Foo")');
console.log('yields');
console.log('  "'+encoder.htmlEncode("Foo")+'".');  // we expect to see "Foo" here.
console.log('');

console.log('This holds true even when the input string has leading');
console.log('or trailing whitespace.  For example,');
console.log('  encoder.htmlEncode("   Foo ")');
console.log('yields');
console.log('  "'+encoder.htmlEncode("   Foo ")+'".');  // we expect to see "   Foo " here.
console.log('');

console.log('But when the input string is comprised entirely of');
console.log('whitespace, htmlEncode() always returns a blank');
console.log('string, rather than the original input string.');
console.log('');
console.log('For example,');
console.log('  encoder.htmlEncode(" ")');
console.log('yields');
console.log('  "'+encoder.htmlEncode(" ")+'".');  // we expect to see "" here, but we'd like to see " "
console.log('or');
console.log('  encoder.htmlEncode("     ")');
console.log('yields');
console.log('  "'+encoder.htmlEncode("     ")+'".');  // we expect to see "" here, but we'd like to see "     "
console.log('');

console.log('');
console.log('htmlDecode() has the same problem.');
console.log('  encoder.htmlDecode("Foo")');
console.log('yields');
console.log('  "'+encoder.htmlDecode("Foo")+'".');  // we expect to see "Foo" here.
console.log('');
console.log('And');
console.log('  encoder.htmlDecode("   Foo ")');
console.log('yields');
console.log('  "'+encoder.htmlDecode("   Foo ")+'".');  // we expect to see "   Foo " here.
console.log('');
console.log('But');
console.log('  encoder.htmlDecode(" ")');
console.log('yields');
console.log('  "'+encoder.htmlDecode(" ")+'".');  // we expect to see "" here, but we'd like to see " "
console.log('');
console.log('and');
console.log('  encoder.htmlDecode("     ")');
console.log('yields');
console.log('  "'+encoder.htmlDecode("     ")+'".');  // we expect to see "" here, but we'd like to see "     "
console.log('');

console.log('');
console.log('This is easy to fix.  Rather than something like');
console.log('  if(this.isBlank(str)) return \'\';');
console.log('we should use');
console.log('  if(this.isBlank(str)) return str;');
console.log('');
console.log('When the input string was truly empty, the');
console.log('behavior doesn\'t change, but when given a');
console.log('non-empty but blank string (one comprised');
console.log('entirely of whitespace), now we get back the');
console.log('orginal string, unchanged.');
console.log('');
console.log('It doesn\'t look like any of the code depends');
console.log('on htmlEncode and htmlDecode reducing blank');
console.log('strings to empty ones, so I believe this is');
console.log('safe change to make.');
console.log('');

Save this in the project root directory (the one containing package.json) and run it with something like

node example.js