--- old/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/TextComponent.java	2019-05-02 04:34:45.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/TextComponent.java	2019-05-02 04:34:44.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@
         public String getSelectedText() {
             String selText = TextComponent.this.getSelectedText();
             // Fix for 4256662
-            if (selText == null || selText.equals("")) {
+            if (selText == null || selText.isEmpty()) {
                 return null;
             }
             return selText;