isBlank + tests

isOnlyEmptySpacesAndNewLineCharacters() is now deprecated

EZSwiftExtensionsTests/EZSwiftExtensionsTestsString.swift

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ class EZSwiftExtensionsTestsString: XCTestCase {
         let emptyString = " \n "
         XCTAssertFalse(string.isOnlyEmptySpacesAndNewLineCharacters())
         XCTAssertTrue(emptyString.isOnlyEmptySpacesAndNewLineCharacters())
+        XCTAssertFalse(string.isBlank)
+        XCTAssertTrue(emptyString.isBlank)
     }
 
     func testTrim() {

README.md

@@ -225,8 +225,10 @@ Easily check if string is empty and trim it:
 var myString = "\n    eZSwiftExtensions is awesome!     \n \n "
 let emptyStr = "   \n \n \n"
 
-print(myString.isOnlyEmptySpacesAndNewLineCharacters()) // false
-print(emptyStr.isOnlyEmptySpacesAndNewLineCharacters()) // true
+print(myString.isOnlyEmptySpacesAndNewLineCharacters()) // false //v. 1.5 and earlier
+print(emptyStr.isOnlyEmptySpacesAndNewLineCharacters()) // true //v. 1.5 and earlier
+print(myString.isBlank) // false
+print(emptyStr.isBlank) // true
 
 myString.trim()
 print(myString) // eZSwiftExtensions is awesome!

Sources/StringExtensions.swift

@@ -126,11 +126,20 @@ extension String {
     
 
     /// EZSE: Counts whitespace & new lines
+    @available(*, deprecated=1.6, renamed="isBlank")
     public func isOnlyEmptySpacesAndNewLineCharacters() -> Bool {
         let characterSet = NSCharacterSet.whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet()
         let newText = self.stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet(characterSet)
         return newText.isEmpty
     }
+    
+    /// EZSE: Checks if string is empty or consists only of whitespace and newline characters
+    public var isBlank: Bool {
+        get {
+            let trimmed = stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet(.whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet())
+            return trimmed.isEmpty
+        }
+    }
 
     /// EZSE: Trims white space and new line characters
     public mutating func trim() {