1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/util/Strings.java b/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/util/Strings.java
index fe1a300479..f2d51ccfde 100644
--- a/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/util/Strings.java
+++ b/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/util/Strings.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 package org.apache.qpid.util;
 
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -37,6 +36,9 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public final class Strings
 {
+    private Strings()
+    {
+    }
 
     private static final byte[] EMPTY = new byte[0];