Use isEmpty().
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Digester.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Digester.java
index de5de5a..c95239a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Digester.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Digester.java
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@
// Fire "body" events for all relevant rules
final List<Rule> rules = matches.pop();
- if ( ( rules != null ) && ( rules.size() > 0 ) )
+ if ( ( rules != null ) && ( !rules.isEmpty() ) )
{
String bodyText = this.bodyText.toString();
final Substitutor substitutor = getSubstitutor();
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@
// Fire "begin" events for all relevant rules
final List<Rule> rules = getRules().match( namespaceURI, match, localName, list );
matches.push( rules );
- if ( ( rules != null ) && ( rules.size() > 0 ) )
+ if ( ( rules != null ) && ( !rules.isEmpty() ) )
{
final Substitutor substitutor = getSubstitutor();
if ( substitutor != null )