--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/URLStreamHandler.java	2018-12-06 17:52:53.445381481 -0500
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/URLStreamHandler.java	2018-12-06 17:52:53.273380628 -0500
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
             return u.hostAddress;
 
         String host = u.getHost();
-        if (host == null || host.equals("")) {
+        if (host == null || host.isEmpty()) {
             return null;
         } else {
             try {