src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/im/ExecutableInputMethodManager.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, 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
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -567,13 +567,13 @@
     private String createLocalePath(Locale locale) {
         String language = locale.getLanguage();
         String country = locale.getCountry();
         String variant = locale.getVariant();
         String localePath = null;
-        if (!variant.equals("")) {
+        if (!variant.isEmpty()) {
             localePath = "_" + language + "/_" + country + "/_" + variant;
-        } else if (!country.equals("")) {
+        } else if (!country.isEmpty()) {
             localePath = "_" + language + "/_" + country;
         } else {
             localePath = "_" + language;
         }