Parse with a fallback in Java

Java interview exercise on Exceptions & validation, difficulty 1 of 3. Solve it in the editor beside a worked example; the tests run the moment you do.

Write parseIntOr(text, fallback) that parses text as an int, ignoring surrounding whitespace, and returns fallback when text is null or not a whole number (Integer.parseInt throws NumberFormatException: catch it).

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