--- old/src/java.xml/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/dom/DOMImplementationImpl.java 2015-10-02 10:08:35.744696144 -0700 +++ new/src/java.xml/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/dom/DOMImplementationImpl.java 2015-10-02 10:08:35.640690972 -0700 @@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ * specified feature and version. */ public boolean hasFeature(String feature, String version) { + if (feature == null || feature.length() == 0) { + return false; + } boolean result = super.hasFeature(feature, version); if (!result) {