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[#boost-urls-authority_view-empty]

== xref:boost.adoc[pass:[boost]]::xref:boost/urls.adoc[pass:[urls]]::xref:boost/urls/authority_view.adoc[pass:[authority_view]]::empty


Return true if the authority is empty


=== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/authority_view.hpp#L210[boost/url/authority_view.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
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bool
empty() const noexcept;
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=== Description


An empty authority has an empty host,
no userinfo, and no port.
[,cpp]
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assert( authority_view( "" ).empty() );
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=== Throws nothing.