src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/JEditorPane.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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

@@ -1418,11 +1418,11 @@
             = "the text of this component")
     public void setText(String t) {
         try {
             Document doc = getDocument();
             doc.remove(0, doc.getLength());
-            if (t == null || t.equals("")) {
+            if (t == null || t.isEmpty()) {
                 return;
             }
             Reader r = new StringReader(t);
             EditorKit kit = getEditorKit();
             kit.read(r, doc, 0);