src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/content/text/plain.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 1996, 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

@@ -38,14 +38,11 @@
      * can be read.
      */
     public Object getContent(URLConnection uc) {
         try {
             InputStream is = uc.getInputStream();
-            if (is == null) {
-                is = InputStream.nullInputStream();
-            }
-            return new PlainTextInputStream(is);
+            return new PlainTextInputStream(uc.getInputStream());
         } catch (IOException e) {
             return "Error reading document:\n" + e.toString();
         }
     }
 }