private boolean isContinuationLine(final String line){
  return line.charAt(0) == ' ' || line.charAt(0) == '\t';
}

private boolean isContinuationLine ( final String line ) { return line . charAt ( 0 ) == ' ' || line . charAt ( 0 ) == '\t' ; }
determines whether the provided line is a continuation line . note that while rfc 2849 technically only allows a space in this position , both openldap and the sun java system directory server allow a tab as well , so we will too for compatibility reasons . see issue # 852 for details .
