Use isEmpty().
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/classfile/Utility.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/classfile/Utility.java
index d5b93b2..c9112fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/classfile/Utility.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/classfile/Utility.java
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@
         // Could be Class or Type...
         type = typeSignatureToString(signature.substring(index), chopit);
         index += unwrap(CONSUMER_CHARS); // update position
-        if ((typeParams.length() == 0) && (index == signature.length())) {
+        if ((typeParams.isEmpty()) && (index == signature.length())) {
             // We have a Type signature.
             return type;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/verifier/statics/Pass2Verifier.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/verifier/statics/Pass2Verifier.java
index 07c5df6..00ab595 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/verifier/statics/Pass2Verifier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/bcel/verifier/statics/Pass2Verifier.java
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@
      * represents a valid Java identifier (so-called simple name).
      */
     private static boolean validJavaIdentifier(final String name) {
-    if  (name.length() == 0) {
+    if  (name.isEmpty()) {
         return false; // must not be empty, reported by <francis.andre@easynet.fr>, thanks!
     }