diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java index 02d32f8a091..bcdae3a7e37 100644 --- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java +++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java @@ -3497,20 +3497,13 @@ public static boolean isAsciiPrintable(final CharSequence cs) { } /** - * Tests if a CharSequence is empty ({@code "")}, null, or contains only whitespace as defined by {@link Character#isWhitespace(char)}. - * - *
-     * StringUtils.isBlank(null)      = true
-     * StringUtils.isBlank("")        = true
-     * StringUtils.isBlank(" ")       = true
-     * StringUtils.isBlank("bob")     = false
-     * StringUtils.isBlank("  bob  ") = false
-     * 
- * - * @param cs the CharSequence to check, may be null. - * @return {@code true} if the CharSequence is null, empty or whitespace only. - * @since 2.0 - * @since 3.0 Changed signature from isBlank(String) to isBlank(CharSequence) + * Checks if a CharSequence is empty(""), null or whitespace only. + *

+ * Whitespace is determined by {@link Charachter#isWhiteSpace(char)} + *

+ * + * @param cs the CharSequence to check, may be null + * @return {@code true} if the CharSequence is empty, null or whitespace only */ public static boolean isBlank(final CharSequence cs) { final int strLen = length(cs);