addressed copilot pr comments

Author: bachuv

samples-azure-functions/src/main/java/com/functions/entities/BankAccountFunctions.java

@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ public HttpResponseMessage transfer(
                     authLevel = AuthorizationLevel.ANONYMOUS) HttpRequestMessage<Optional<String>> request,
             @DurableClientInput(name = "durableContext") DurableClientContext durableContext,
             final ExecutionContext context) {
-        String from = request.getQueryParameters().get("from");
-        String to = request.getQueryParameters().get("to");
-        String amountStr = request.getQueryParameters().get("amount");
+        String from = trimOrNull(request.getQueryParameters().get("from"));
+        String to = trimOrNull(request.getQueryParameters().get("to"));
+        String amountStr = trimOrNull(request.getQueryParameters().get("amount"));
 
         if (from == null || to == null || amountStr == null) {
             return request.createResponseBuilder(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
@@ -192,6 +192,14 @@ public HttpResponseMessage transfer(
         return durableContext.createCheckStatusResponse(request, instanceId);
     }
 
+    // ─── Helpers ───
+
+    private static String trimOrNull(String value) {
+        if (value == null) return null;
+        String trimmed = value.trim();
+        return trimmed.isEmpty() ? null : trimmed;
+    }
+
     // ─── Payload classes ───
 
     /**

samples-azure-functions/src/main/java/com/functions/entities/SensorState.java

@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 package com.functions.entities;
 
-import com.microsoft.durabletask.AbstractTaskEntity;
-import com.microsoft.durabletask.TaskEntityContext;
-import com.microsoft.durabletask.TaskEntityOperation;
-
 /**
  * State for the {@link SensorEntity} — tracks the last recorded temperature and total readings.
  */

samples/build.gradle

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ task runWorkItemFilterSample(type: JavaExec) {
 }
 
 // --- Entity samples (require a Durable Task sidecar / DTS emulator on localhost:4001) ---
-// When DTS_ENDPOINT is set (or the default applies), these tasks connect to a Durable Task
+// When ENDPOINT is set (or the default applies), these tasks connect to a Durable Task
 // Scheduler such as the DTS emulator. Override by setting ENDPOINT/TASKHUB env vars.
 def dtsEnv = [
         ENDPOINT: System.getenv('ENDPOINT') ?: 'http://localhost:4001',

samples/src/main/java/io/durabletask/samples/SampleUtils.java

@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ private static String connectionString() {
         if (taskHub == null || taskHub.isEmpty()) {
             taskHub = "default";
         }
-        String authType = endpoint.startsWith("http://localhost") || endpoint.startsWith("http://127.")
+        String host = endpoint.replaceFirst("^https?://", "");
+        String authType = host.startsWith("localhost") || host.startsWith("127.")
                 ? "None" : "DefaultAzure";
         return String.format("Endpoint=%s;TaskHub=%s;Authentication=%s", endpoint, taskHub, authType);
     }