--- old/src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/FormView.java	2019-05-02 04:35:22.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/text/html/FormView.java	2019-05-02 04:35:22.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 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
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@
         String name = (String) getElement().getAttributes().getAttribute(HTML.Attribute.NAME);
 
         String data;
-        if (name == null || name.equals("")) {
+        if (name == null || name.isEmpty()) {
             data = "x="+ x +"&y="+ y;
         } else {
             name = URLEncoder.encode(name);