Best way to verify string is empty or null

Question

i am sure this must have been asked before in different ways - as isEmptyOrNull is so common yet people implement it differently. but i have below curious query in terms of

Answer 1

Optional.ofNullable(label)
.map(String::trim)
.map(string -> !label.isEmpty)
.orElse(false)

OR

TextUtils.isNotBlank(label);

the last solution will check if not null and trimm the str at the same time