src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/LWTextAreaPeer.java

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          }
          repaintPeer();
      }
  
      @Override
-     public void setText(final String l) {
-         // Please note that we do not want to post an event
-         // if TextArea.setText() replaces an empty text by an empty text,
-         // that is, if component's text remains unchanged.
-         if (!l.isEmpty() || getTextComponent().getDocument().getLength() != 0) {
-             super.setText(l);
-         }
-     }
- 
-     @Override
      public void replaceRange(final String text, final int start,
                               final int end) {
          synchronized (getDelegateLock()) {
              // JTextArea.replaceRange() posts two different events.
              // Since we make no differences between text events,
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