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package org.eclipse.aether.util;

/**
 * A utility class to ease string processing.
 */
@Deprecated
public final class StringUtils {

    private StringUtils() {
        // hide constructor
    }

    /**
     * Checks whether a string is {@code null} or of zero length.
     *
     * @param string The string to check, may be {@code null}.
     * @return {@code true} if the string is {@code null} or of zero length, {@code false} otherwise.
     * @deprecated Deprecated since 1.5.0 without any alternative provided. Use Java 8 APIs instead.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isEmpty(String string) {
        return string == null || string.isEmpty();
    }
}
