From 8887053ad1d832ec9b2a8a50cb7f3c9ddd516a82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus KARG <markus@headcrashing.eu>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2023 17:50:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Performance: String.isEmpty() is faster than .equals()

---
 src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommander.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommander.java b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommander.java
index d4cb853a..12a50d01 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommander.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommander.java
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ private List<String> readFile(String fileName) {
             // Read through file one line at time. Print line # and line
             while ((line = bufRead.readLine()) != null) {
                 // Allow empty lines and # comments in these at files
-                if (line.length() > 0 && !line.trim().startsWith("#")) {
+                if (!line.isEmpty() && !line.trim().startsWith("#")) {
                     result.addAll(Arrays.asList(line.split("\\s")));
                 }
             }