Use isEmpty().
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/exec/CommandLine.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/exec/CommandLine.java
index 5a1882c..fad7e3d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/exec/CommandLine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/exec/CommandLine.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                 
         if (line == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Command line can not be null");
-        } else if (line.trim().length() == 0) {
+        } else if (line.trim().isEmpty()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Command line can not be empty");
         } else {
             final String[] tmp = translateCommandline(line);
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
      *         parameter results in a zero sized array
      */
     private static String[] translateCommandline(final String toProcess) {
-        if (toProcess == null || toProcess.length() == 0) {
+        if (toProcess == null || toProcess.isEmpty()) {
             // no command? no string
             return new String[0];
         }
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
     private String toCleanExecutable(final String dirtyExecutable) {
         if (dirtyExecutable == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Executable can not be null");
-        } else if (dirtyExecutable.trim().length() == 0) {
+        } else if (dirtyExecutable.trim().isEmpty()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Executable can not be empty");
         } else {
             return StringUtils.fixFileSeparatorChar(dirtyExecutable);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/exec/util/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/exec/util/StringUtils.java
index b8fb1e9..c2e2a68 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/exec/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/exec/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
         final StringBuffer argBuf = new StringBuffer();
 
-        if (argStr == null || argStr.length() == 0) {
+        if (argStr == null || argStr.isEmpty()) {
             return argBuf;
         }