question: public static boolean isEmpty ( final File file , final Charset charset ) throws IOException { boolean empty = false ; BufferedReader reader = null ; boolean threw = true ; try { reader = new BufferedReader ( new InputStreamReader ( new FileInputStream ( file ) , charset ) ) ; final String line = reader . readLine ( ) ; empty = line == null ; threw = false ; } finally { Closeables . close ( reader , threw ) ; } return empty ; }
target:  Checks if the given file is empty.