Updates to 0.9.8-SNAPSHOT and fixes #25
Replaces isEmpty() call with .equals("") to fix issue with missing String.isEmpty() on API8.
[maven-release-plugin] prepare release mbrc-0.9.8
Minor fix to cover updating issue
Merge tag 'mbrc-0.9.9'

[maven-release-plugin]  copy for tag mbrc-0.9.9