--- old/src/java.rmi/share/classes/java/rmi/Naming.java	2018-12-06 14:53:39.728056676 -0500
+++ new/src/java.rmi/share/classes/java/rmi/Naming.java	2018-12-06 14:53:39.564055863 -0500
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
         Registry registry = getRegistry(parsed);
 
         String prefix = "";
-        if (parsed.port > 0 || !parsed.host.equals(""))
+        if (parsed.port > 0 || !parsed.host.isEmpty())
             prefix += "//" + parsed.host;
         if (parsed.port > 0)
             prefix += ":" + parsed.port;