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+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2015 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Zend\Stdlib\Guard;
+
+/**
+ * Provide a guard method against empty data
+ */
+trait EmptyGuardTrait
+{
+ /**
+ * Verify that the data is not empty
+ *
+ * @param mixed $data the data to verify
+ * @param string $dataName the data name
+ * @param string $exceptionClass FQCN for the exception
+ * @throws \Exception
+ */
+ protected function guardAgainstEmpty(
+ $data,
+ $dataName = 'Argument',
+ $exceptionClass = 'Zend\Stdlib\Exception\InvalidArgumentException'
+ ) {
+ if (empty($data)) {
+ $message = sprintf('%s cannot be empty', $dataName);
+ throw new $exceptionClass($message);
+ }
+ }
+}