1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/controlloop/common/guard/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/guard/PolicyGuardXacmlHelper.java b/controlloop/common/guard/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/guard/PolicyGuardXacmlHelper.java
index f5a93d8be..908a3aff9 100644
--- a/controlloop/common/guard/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/guard/PolicyGuardXacmlHelper.java
+++ b/controlloop/common/guard/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/guard/PolicyGuardXacmlHelper.java
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ public class PolicyGuardXacmlHelper {
 			//
 			// Connection may have failed, return Indeterminate
 			//
-			if(response == null || "".equals(response)){
+			if(response == null || response.isEmpty()){
 				return Util.INDETERMINATE;
-			}
+			}	
 		}
 		
 		rawDecision = new JSONObject(response).getString("decision");