Use coalescing operator to write more readable code

Tired of code like this?

public string Foo
{
get { return foo; }
set
{
if (value == null)
value = String.Empty;
foo = value;
}
}

public string Bar
{
get { return bar; }
set
{
if (value == null)
value = String.Empty;
bar = value;
}
}

Use coalescing operator to make your code a bit more readable.

public string Foo

{
get { return foo; }
set
{
foo = value ?? String.Empty;
}
}

public string Bar
{
get { return bar; }
set
{
bar = value ?? String.Empty;
}
}

Does this look better? The ?? operator is called the null-coalescing operator and is used to define a default value for a nullable value types as well as reference types. It returns the left-hand operand if it is not null; otherwise it returns the right operand. More information on ?? can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173224.aspx

Use coalescing operator to write more readable code

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