Is this pattern matching expression equivalent to not null

Question

I stumbled upon this code on github:

if (requestHeaders is {})

and I don\'t understand what it does exactly.

Upon experimenting it\'s s

Answer 1

you should be able to do like below..

Input : str  = null         // initialize by null value
        String.IsNullOrEmpty(str)
Output: True

Input : str  = String.Empty  // initialize by empty value
        String.IsNullOrEmpty(str)
Output: True

So based on True false you can get results.

Answer 2

The pattern-matching in C# supports property pattern matching. e.g.

if (requestHeaders  is HttpRequestHeader {X is 3, Y is var y})

The semantics of a property pattern is that it first tests if the input is non-null. so it allows you to write:

if (requestHeaders is {}) // will check if object is not null

You can write the same type checking in any of the following manner that will provide a Not Null Check included:

if (s is object o) ... // o is of type object
if (s is string x) ... // x is of type string
if (s is {} x) ... // x is of type string
if (s is {}) ...

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