{"name":"gist: 886633","desc":"I had my unit tests fail because I was using the StringUtils.isNumeric( ) on a string containing a negative number. The javadoc on this API is excellent, including the sample request/response but it does not talk about negative numbers. The definition of ","actor":"lobster1234","url":"https://gist.github.com/886633","snippet":"String string = \"-12.49\";\nboolean isNumeric = string!=null && string.length() > 0 && string.toUpperCase().equals(string.toLowerCase());","actor_gravatar":"8cb18e5069971f4db36809013f88c217","action":"create"}