--- maven-plugin-tools-3.6.0/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/GeneratorUtils.java 2018-10-29 10:41:50.000000000 +0100 +++ maven-plugin-tools-3.6.0/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/GeneratorUtils.java 2023-07-24 22:15:51.121414876 +0200 @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ // cannot happen as every JVM must support UTF-8, see also class javadoc for java.nio.charset.Charset } - if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( commentCleaned ) ) + if (commentCleaned == null || commentCleaned.isEmpty()) { return ""; }