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/**
* @name Inefficient empty string test
* @description Checking a string for equality with an empty string is inefficient.
* @kind problem
* @problem.severity recommendation
* @precision high
* @id java/inefficient-empty-string-test
* @tags efficiency
* maintainability
*/
import java
from MethodAccess mc
where
mc.getQualifier().getType() instanceof TypeString and
mc.getMethod().hasName("equals") and
(
mc.getArgument(0).(StringLiteral).getValue() = "" or
mc.getQualifier().(StringLiteral).getValue() = ""
)
select mc, "Inefficient comparison to empty string, check for zero length instead."