Use isEmpty().
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/chain2/web/ChainResources.java b/web/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/chain2/web/ChainResources.java
index 24012a0..c271a43 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/chain2/web/ChainResources.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/chain2/web/ChainResources.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
         while (resourcesTokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
             String path = resourcesTokenizer.nextToken().trim();
-            if (path.length() > 0) {
+            if (!path.isEmpty()) {
                 paths.add(path);
             }
         }