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spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ public abstract class StringUtils {
 	 * and {@code "0"} through {@code "9"} stay the same.</li>
 	 * <li>Special characters {@code "-"}, {@code "_"}, {@code "."}, and {@code "*"} stay the same.</li>
 	 * <li>A sequence "{@code %<i>xy</i>}" is interpreted as a hexadecimal representation of the character.</li>
+	 * <li>For all other characters (including those already decoded), the output is undefined.</li>
 	 * </ul>
 	 * @param source the encoded String
 	 * @param charset the character set
@@ -876,7 +877,7 @@ public abstract class StringUtils {
 	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")  // for Locale constructors on JDK 19
 	@Nullable
 	public static Locale parseLocaleString(String localeString) {
-		if (localeString.equals("")) {
+		if (localeString.isEmpty()) {
 			return null;
 		}