CSV-87 CSVParser.getRecords() returns null rather than empty List at EOF

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/csv/trunk@1305692 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

Author: sebbASF

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParser.java

@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ public CSVParser(String input, CSVFormat format) throws IOException{
 
     /**
      * Parses the CSV input according to the given format and returns the content
-     * as an array of records (whereas records are arrays of single values).
+     * as an array of {@link CSVRecord} entries.
      * <p/>
      * The returned content starts at the current parse-position in the stream.
      *
-     * @return matrix of records x values ('null' when end of file)
+     * @return list of {@link CSVRecord} entries, may be empty
      * @throws IOException on parse error or input read-failure
      */
     public List<CSVRecord> getRecords() throws IOException {
@@ -123,11 +123,7 @@ public List<CSVRecord> getRecords() throws IOException {
         while ((rec = getRecord()) != null) {
             records.add(rec);
         }
-        
-        if (!records.isEmpty()) {
-            return records;
-        }
-        return null;
+        return records;
     }
 
     /**