--- old/src/java.xml/share/classes/com/sun/xml/internal/stream/events/AttributeImpl.java	2018-12-06 17:53:40.501614820 -0500
+++ new/src/java.xml/share/classes/com/sun/xml/internal/stream/events/AttributeImpl.java	2018-12-06 17:53:40.333613987 -0500
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         init();
         fQName = qname ;
         fValue = value ;
-        if(type != null && !type.equals(""))
+        if(type != null && !type.isEmpty())
             fAttributeType = type;
 
         fNonNormalizedvalue = nonNormalizedvalue;