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;
        }

        // Null-safety: return null for blank templates
        // Early return is safe here as no resources have been allocated yet
        if (StringUtil.isBlank(template)) {
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("Template is blank, returning null");
            }
            return null;
        }

    }

    @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>

                    "S3 endpoint is blank. Please set the S3_ENDPOINT environment variable or endpoint parameter.");
        }
        final String accessKey = getInitParameter("accessKey", null, String.class);
        if (StringUtil.isBlank(accessKey)) {
            throw new CrawlingAccessException(
                    "S3 access key is blank. Please set the S3_ACCESS_KEY environment variable or accessKey parameter.");

                    "Storage endpoint is blank. Please set the STORAGE_ENDPOINT environment variable or endpoint parameter.");
        }
        builder.endpoint(endpoint);
        final String accessKey = getInitParameter("accessKey", null, String.class);
        if (StringUtil.isBlank(accessKey)) {
            throw new CrawlingAccessException(

        <!-- 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

     * 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);

-->
```release-note

```

#### Additional documentation e.g., KEPs (Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals), usage docs, etc.:

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      val blank = readUtf8LineStrict()

      if (MAGIC != magic ||
        VERSION_1 != version ||
        appVersion.toString() != appVersionString ||
        valueCount.toString() != valueCountString ||
        blank.isNotEmpty()
      ) {
        throw IOException(
          "unexpected journal header: [$magic, $version, $valueCountString, $blank]",
        )
      }