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019package org.eclipse.aether.util;
020
021/**
022 * A utility class to ease string processing.
023 */
024@Deprecated
025public final class StringUtils {
026
027    private StringUtils() {
028        // hide constructor
029    }
030
031    /**
032     * Checks whether a string is {@code null} or of zero length.
033     *
034     * @param string The string to check, may be {@code null}.
035     * @return {@code true} if the string is {@code null} or of zero length, {@code false} otherwise.
036     * @deprecated Deprecated since 1.5.0 without any alternative provided. Use Java 8 APIs instead.
037     */
038    @Deprecated
039    public static boolean isEmpty(String string) {
040        return string == null || string.isEmpty();
041    }
042}