--- old/src/java.xml/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/parsers/AbstractSAXParser.java	2018-12-06 17:26:32.437541686 -0500
+++ new/src/java.xml/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/parsers/AbstractSAXParser.java	2018-12-06 17:26:32.261540813 -0500
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@
         }
 
         public String getType(String uri, String localName) {
-            return uri.equals("") ? fAttributes.getType(null, localName) :
+            return uri.isEmpty() ? fAttributes.getType(null, localName) :
                                     fAttributes.getType(uri, localName);
         }
 
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@
         }
 
         public String getValue(String uri, String localName) {
-            return uri.equals("") ? fAttributes.getValue(null, localName) :
+            return uri.isEmpty() ? fAttributes.getValue(null, localName) :
                                     fAttributes.getValue(uri, localName);
         }
 
@@ -2340,7 +2340,7 @@
         }
 
         public int getIndex(String uri, String localPart) {
-            return uri.equals("") ? fAttributes.getIndex(null, localPart) :
+            return uri.isEmpty() ? fAttributes.getIndex(null, localPart) :
                                     fAttributes.getIndex(uri, localPart);
         }