The commonly used String class received new API’s.
What are the new API’s ?
IsBlank()
Returns true if the string is empty or contains only white spaces, which is treated as blank.

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Lines()
Returns a stream of lines extracted from the string.

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Strip()
Removes whites spaces from beginning & ending of string, as well as trailing and leading. Handles unicode unlike trim().

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StripLeading()
Removes leading whitespace.

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StripTrailing()
Removes trailing whitespace.

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Repeat()
Repeats the string n amount of times.

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Code Example can be found here.
Final Thoughts
This is meant to cut down on boilerplate code, as well as cut down on adding dependencies/imports for these functionalities.