new: firstNotBlank

assira.core/src/main/java/net/ranides/assira/text/StringUtils.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -1008,6 +1009,24 @@ public final class StringUtils {
         return replace(replaceEndl(text), '\037', "\r\n");
     }
 
+    public static String firstNotEmpty(String... values) {
+	    for(String value : values) {
+	        if(!StringTraits.isEmpty(value)) {
+	            return value;
+            }
+        }
+	    throw new NoSuchElementException();
+    }
+
+    public static String firstNotBlank(String... values) {
+        for(String value : values) {
+            if(!StringTraits.isBlank(value)) {
+                return value;
+            }
+        }
+        throw new NoSuchElementException();
+    }
+
     private static String replaceEndl(String text) {
         return text.replaceAll("\r\n", "\037").replace('\n', '\037').replace('\r', '\037');
     }