chars[0] = Character.toUpperCase(chars[0]);
        return new String(chars);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the string is blank.
     *
     * @param str
     *            the string to check
     * @return {@literal true} if the string is blank
     */
    public static boolean isBlank(final String str) {
        if (str == null || str.length() == 0) {
            return true;
        }

    }

    @Override
    public ArtifactRepository getRepository() {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public void setRepository(ArtifactRepository remoteRepository) {
        // intentionally blank
    }

        </field>
        <field xdoc.separator="blank">
          <name>mojos</name>
          <version>1.0.0+</version>
          <association>
            <type>MojoDescriptor</type>
            <multiplicity>*</multiplicity>
          </association>
          <description>Description of each Mojo provided by the plugin.</description>
        </field>
        <field xdoc.separator="blank">
          <name>dependencies</name>

            action.validateFilePath("");
            fail("Expected IllegalArgumentException");
        } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
            assertTrue("Error message should indicate blank path: " + e.getMessage(), e.getMessage().contains("blank"));
        }
    }

    // ===================================================================================

-->
```release-note

```

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        // Test empty string (should be valid)
        bean.setCronExpression("");
        violations = validator.validate(bean);
        assertTrue(violations.isEmpty());

        // Test blank string (should be valid)
        bean.setCronExpression("   ");
        violations = validator.validate(bean);
        assertTrue(violations.isEmpty());
    }

    // Test validation with invalid cron expressions

     * Retrieves the configuration for the specified field name.
     *
     * @param fieldName the name of the field to get configuration for
     * @return an OptionalThing containing the Config if the field exists and has a non-blank value,
     *         otherwise an empty OptionalThing
     */
    public OptionalThing<Config> getConfig(final String fieldName) {
        final String value = params.get(fieldName);

        <!-- Parent Model                                                           -->
        <!-- ====================================================================== -->

        <field xdoc.separator="blank">
          <name>parent</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <description>The location of the parent project, if one exists. Values from the parent

     * Processes user, group, and role prefixes along with allow/deny prefixes.
     *
     * @param value the permission string to encode
     * @return the encoded permission string, or null if the input is blank or invalid
     */
    public String encode(final String value) {
        if (StringUtil.isBlank(value)) {
            return null;
        }

        String permission = value.trim();

        }

        final WebAuthenticationConfig config = new WebAuthenticationConfig();

        // host/port/realm: only set if not blank (null means "any" - AuthScope.ANY equivalent)
        if (StringUtil.isNotBlank(getHostname())) {
            config.setHost(getHostname());
        }
        if (getPort() != null) {
            config.setPort(getPort());