Use isEmpty().
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanPropertyValueChangeConsumer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanPropertyValueChangeConsumer.java
index 5fc46b7..9f0c2b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanPropertyValueChangeConsumer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanPropertyValueChangeConsumer.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the propertyName provided is null or empty.

      */

     public BeanPropertyValueChangeConsumer(final String propertyName, final V propertyValue, final boolean ignoreNull) {

-        if (propertyName != null && propertyName.length() > 0) {

+        if (propertyName != null && !propertyName.isEmpty()) {

             this.propertyName = propertyName;

             this.propertyValue = propertyValue;

             this.ignoreNull = ignoreNull;

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanPropertyValueEqualsPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanPropertyValueEqualsPredicate.java
index 9f41125..1dae193 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanPropertyValueEqualsPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanPropertyValueEqualsPredicate.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
      */
     public BeanPropertyValueEqualsPredicate(final String propertyName, final V propertyValue,
             final boolean ignoreNull) {
-        if (propertyName != null && propertyName.length() > 0) {
+        if (propertyName != null && !propertyName.isEmpty()) {
             this.propertyName = propertyName;
             this.propertyValue = propertyValue;
             this.ignoreNull = ignoreNull;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanToPropertyValueTransformer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanToPropertyValueTransformer.java
index f56b9f8..7c81d7e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanToPropertyValueTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanToPropertyValueTransformer.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
      * empty.

      */

     public BeanToPropertyValueTransformer(final String propertyName, final boolean ignoreNull) {

-        if (propertyName != null && propertyName.length() > 0) {

+        if (propertyName != null && !propertyName.isEmpty()) {

             this.propertyName = propertyName;

             this.ignoreNull = ignoreNull;

         } else {