Merge pull request #7538 from oscr:simplify-capitalize

* pr/7538:
  Remove redundant StringBuilder

spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/PropertiesLauncher.java

@@ -536,11 +536,8 @@ public class PropertiesLauncher extends Launcher {
 		return builder.toString();
 	}
 
-	private static Object capitalize(String str) {
+	private static String capitalize(String str) {
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(str.length());
+		return Character.toUpperCase(str.charAt(0)) + str.substring(1);
-		sb.append(Character.toUpperCase(str.charAt(0)));
-		sb.append(str.substring(1));
-		return sb.toString();
 	}
 
 	private void log(String message) {