src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/TextComponent.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * 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
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -1021,11 +1021,11 @@
          * @return the text, null if no selection
          */
         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;
         }