public static int length(final String value){
  validate(value,NULL_STRING_PREDICATE,NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER);
  return value.length();
}

public static int length ( final String value ) { validate ( value , NULL_STRING_PREDICATE , NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER ) ; return value . length ( ) ; }
returns length of string . delegates to java . lang . string length method .
