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19 package org.eclipse.aether.util;
20
21 /**
22 * A utility class to ease string processing.
23 */
24 @Deprecated
25 public final class StringUtils {
26
27 private StringUtils() {
28 // hide constructor
29 }
30
31 /**
32 * Checks whether a string is {@code null} or of zero length.
33 *
34 * @param string The string to check, may be {@code null}.
35 * @return {@code true} if the string is {@code null} or of zero length, {@code false} otherwise.
36 * @deprecated Deprecated since 1.5.0 without any alternative provided. Use Java 8 APIs instead.
37 */
38 @Deprecated
39 public static boolean isEmpty(String string) {
40 return string == null || string.isEmpty();
41 }
42 }