--- old/src/java.naming/share/classes/com/sun/jndi/toolkit/ctx/PartialCompositeContext.java	2018-12-06 17:26:15.957459966 -0500
+++ new/src/java.naming/share/classes/com/sun/jndi/toolkit/ctx/PartialCompositeContext.java	2018-12-06 17:26:15.677458577 -0500
@@ -477,9 +477,9 @@
         int len = prefix.size();
 
         if (!allEmpty(prefix) && !allEmpty(name)) {
-            if (res.get(len - 1).equals("")) {
+            if (res.get(len - 1).isEmpty()) {
                 res.remove(len - 1);
-            } else if (res.get(len).equals("")) {
+            } else if (res.get(len).isEmpty()) {
                 res.remove(len);
             }
         }