001package org.eclipse.aether.util;
002
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021
022/**
023 * A utility class to ease string processing.
024 */
025public final class StringUtils
026{
027
028    private StringUtils()
029    {
030        // hide constructor
031    }
032
033    /**
034     * Checks whether a string is {@code null} or of zero length.
035     * 
036     * @param string The string to check, may be {@code null}.
037     * @return {@code true} if the string is {@code null} or of zero length, {@code false} otherwise.
038     */
039    public static boolean isEmpty( String string )
040    {
041        return string == null || string.length() <= 0;
042    }
043
044}